Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:10:39 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Murray Stokely <murray.stokely@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com> Subject: Re: PC-BSD Handbook Message-ID: <20070917141038.GF2003@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <474078f80709140106u1e1efb71n2f75b65940886f7c@mail.gmail.com> References: <474078f80709140106u1e1efb71n2f75b65940886f7c@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2007.09.14 10:06:35 +0200, Murray Stokely wrote: > I would prefer to check in something into > doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/pc-bsd-handbook. The SGML files there would > occasionally include chapters from ../handbook. The most important > two chapters that we need are a new Chapter 1 : Introduction, and a > new Chapter 2 : Installation. The next most important chapter to > write is on Ports and Packages. Once those three chapters are > written, we can put together a useful Handbook specifically for PC-BSD > users that can help raise the profile of PC-BSD. The PC-BSD > introduction chapter could in turn be added as an appendix to the main > Handbook. > > I think we should do this inside the normal FreeBSD Doc Project > framework to raise awareness and produce closer ties between people > working on PC-BSD and the base FreeBSD. > > Thoughts or concerns about this? I don't see any big problems with doing it this way as long as it's clear that what is being documented. The only problem I can think of right now is related to what people find if they search on the FreeBSD web site and end up with PC-BSD stuff. -- Simon L. Nielsen
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