From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 4 13:42:17 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2A6216A4CE for ; Wed, 4 May 2005 13:42:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sentry.24cl.com (174.113.sn.ct.dsl.thebiz.net [216.238.113.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F12343D5A for ; Wed, 4 May 2005 13:42:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zlists@mgm51.com) Received: from XPMM (unknown [63.119.50.193]) by sentry.24cl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 806A0BA300 for ; Wed, 4 May 2005 09:12:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <200505040912090592.03B6BBC1@sentry.24cl.com> In-Reply-To: <781e2bc005050317295898d640@mail.gmail.com> References: <781e2bc0050503170031a960fd@mail.gmail.com> <20050504001546.GA64854@xor.obsecurity.org> <781e2bc005050317295898d640@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Courier 3.50.00.00.1081 (http://www.rosecitysoftware.com) (P) Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 09:12:09 -0400 From: "MikeM" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 13:42:17 -0000 On 5/3/2005 at 5:29 PM Benjamin Keating wrote: |A wiki would eliminate that bottle neck (PR). |Some parts are out of date. Others fail to mention FAQ , etc. that |could really help. For instance, the NAT/DHCP articles could easily |include a 'typical home user' HOWTO rather then tricking the user into |reading that one line where it says you have to recompile your kernel |with IPFIREWALL support. | |Things like that bring noise to this mailing list. Idon't know about |you but I'd rather just add my new found info to the site rather find |a PR addy, submit it and wait for it to be added. We have software |that does this now. Lets use it! :) ============= When I found a spot in the Handbook that was a bit sparce, I send in an email describing what I was looking for, what I found, and what i expected to find. The Handbook was updated within a few days, and the update was much better than what I could have written. Maybe a wiki would supplement the Handbook, rather than replace it.