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Date:      Wed, 06 Oct 1999 00:40:59 +0100 (BST)
From:      Andrew Boothman <andrew@ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org>
To:        Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
Cc:        wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de, nik@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrew Boothman <andrew@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Subject:   Re: Automatic Documentation Index
Message-ID:  <XFMail.991006004059.andrew@ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <19991005085501.A1879@rucus.ru.ac.za>

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On 05-Oct-99 Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:
> For example, this should probably go to -ports, where a whole bunch
> of people will say "No, this is just adding more work to the
> porters!", and hopefully someone respected will say "wow, what a
> great idea", and everyone else will shut up.

OK. Thanks. I will take this to -ports, and get their opinions. Once we have a
working solution, should this go to -hackers to see if someone will add it to
-current, or should it just be submitted as a PR as you suggest?

>> I certainly think it's a good idea, but i'll need the support of at
>> least somebody else, otherwise it's just a one-man crusade. I need the
>> documentation project behind me on this.
> 
> Consider the documentation project behind you ;)
> 
> Seriously, if noone says "bah, this is a stupid idea", they're
> probably just waiting for the patches to be applied.
> 
> At the very least, I'm behind this one for you, if that means
> anything, as it was on my TODO list, and I believe Nik's one too.
> Just shout (like I suggested) if you need help with ports/package
> tool patches - I'm pretty comfortable in them.

I think it may be a good idea for you to look at the tools for me. I would have
a go but I can't even find the source for them on my system. And if it's in C
it's likely to beyond my programming skills. :-)

Please understand that it's the first time I've particpated significantly in
something like this. I don't need my hand held, I just want to make sure that
I'm doing this properly.

Thanks all.


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