Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 00:10:33 -0800 From: Jim Mock <jim@lust.geekhouse.net> To: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conspectus for FreeBSD-questions Message-ID: <20001109001032.B2961@envy.geekhouse.net> In-Reply-To: <012101c04a18$5ce117e0$0200000a@vladsempire.net>; from jpaetzel@hutchtel.net on Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 12:43:24AM -0600 References: <000501c04996$46eaf820$0200000a@vladsempire.net> <20001108104523.A90012@envy.geekhouse.net> <003701c049bc$76e25e80$0200000a@vladsempire.net> <20001108152201.A522@envy.geekhouse.net> <012101c04a18$5ce117e0$0200000a@vladsempire.net>
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On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 at 00:43:24 -0600, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 at 13:40:54 -0600, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > > On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 at 09:10:23 -0600, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > > > I would be willing to work on doing a cospectus for the > > > > > freebsd questions mailing list, and perhaps a FAQ for it as > > > > > well.....let me know if you are interested. > > > > > > > > Yes, we are :-) > > > > > > > > [snip..] > > > > > I am available to start working on this immediately...is there any > > > input that you would like to give me or anything of that nature? > > > I have been subscribed to freebsd-questions off and on for the > > > last couple of years, and I have been using freebsd since 2.1.5.... > > > although I am by no means a complete guru I know a little bit > > > about a lot of different things....my talent is in explaining > > > complicated things in layman's terms. > > > > The only thing I can really suggest is that you take a look at the > > source for what's already there. If you have a local CVS > > repository, or are comfortable with using anoncvs, you can check it > > out using: > > > > cvs co www/en/conspectus > > > > Or you can use CVSup and grab the www stuff. Take a look at the > > www-supfile in /usr/share/examples/cvsup for more information. > > > > When you have it done, feel free to send it directly to me and I'll > > commit it. If you have any questions, let me know. > > > > Ok...I grabbed www/en/conspectus, and I have looked through the doc > project stuff on the freebsd.org website. I looked over the two > conspectus' that are running, although one hasn't been updated in a > while. I guess what I need is some policy input. There are a > terrific number of threads in questions in a day...I am thinking that > only issues that are resolved should be included, and things that get > brought up many times (for instance, what's the largest IDE hard drive > 3.4 supports?) should go into the FAQ and be ignored by the conspectus, > but I don't want to step on the toes of the policy makers. Yeah, to be honest, I don't know if we actually thought anyone would pick up the -questions list :-) I tend to agree that only resolved questions should be included, otherwise there will be a bunch of random crud scattered throughout it that doesn't make much sense when put along with the rest of it. The things that are brought up a lot should definitely be put into the FAQ.. that's kind of where some of it's sections have come from (when people get sick of saying the same things over and over again). > This looks like it could be fairly time consuming and I don't want to > waste a lot of effort going in the wrong direction. At least you know what you're in for :-) - jim -- jim mock <jim@jmock.com> work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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