Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 04:05:58 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@news.iadfw.net> To: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Shipping w/ HTTPD BAD IDEA Message-ID: <199503311005.EAA20669@news.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <199503300316.WAA14726@grendel.csc.smith.edu> from "John Fieber" at Mar 29, 95 10:16:30 pm
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> From: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber)
> Subject: Re: Shipping w/ HTTPD BAD IDEA
> To: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich)
> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 22:16:30 -0500 (EST)
> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org
>
> > Why cant we make that an optional PORT directory item? I'd hate
> > to end up in a position where one has no choice but to use
> > pointy-clicky (arrowkeys in lynx ;) over man because at somepoint
> > it was decided to stop supporting primarily the man style manual
> > pages.
>
> And who proposed that we ditch the existing man system? It sure
> wasn't me. I think you missed the main point. The point is to
> provide an interface to our own hypertext document (faq's,
> tutorials, GNU info pages and such) and possibly provide an
> *alternate* interface to the manual pages.
>
> I might suggest that this whole bag of things (man pages,
> tutorials, FAQ, GNU info pages and man(1), lynx and httpd) be
> wrapped up as a optional "documentation" package.
IMHO we should keep the man(1) type pages as standard equipment.
Granted, a hypertext manual would be a nice ADD-ON. It would also be a
LOT of work. Provided that 2.1 is going to be as stable as it is billed
to be, there will be plenty of time after that release... Let's get 2.1
working first!
Jim
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