From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 26 02:09:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C98B316A4CE; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 02:09:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4049B43D1F; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 02:09:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mobile.pittgoth.com (ip68-230-188-82.dc.dc.cox.net [68.230.188.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0Q29Foa011097 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:09:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:09:19 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-ID: <20050125210919.75480649@mobile.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <20050125231239.GA1644@gothmog.gr> References: <1106507620.21768.1.camel@raven.nodomain.org> <20050125121058.GD8499@unixpages.org> <20050125104814.1436e114@mobile.pittgoth.com> <20050125155003.2a1754f6@mobile.pittgoth.com> <20050125231239.GA1644@gothmog.gr> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.13 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Tom Rhodes cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Slackware Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 02:09:18 -0000 On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:12:39 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > Narayan Newton wrote: > > We at MadPenguin.org are creating a website to recreate the FreeBSD > > handbook for the Slackware Linux distribution. The quality and > > completeness of the FreeBSD docs is unparalleled in Linux. We feel > > that a "Slackware Handbook" would be very useful to many people. > > Tom Rhodes wrote: > > Personally, I'd like the "Contributed by ..." to stay for sections > > which have them. Having those sections shown to a wider audiance > > would help with spelling/grammar/correction fixes and the person(s) > > responsible would be easier to find by contributors who may want to > > submit patches. > > [...] > > If no one else makes any comments then I think you're good > > to go since there has been more than enough time for support or > > objections to have been made. Thanks! > > Slackware is the most BSD-like of the Linux distributions out there. > For that reason and many others it has been my favorite since forever. > It _was_ the first Linux distribution I ever installed too :-) > > Having said that, I think that the distribution terms of the FreeBSD > documentation, as stated in our online versions of the web site and the > docs *do* allow Slackware folks to use parts of the documentation. > > This is definitely something that may benefit both sides: > > - More eyes will look at the FreeBSD docs, possibly submitting fixes > and/or additions. > > - The Slackware Handbook will have lots of material to start with, > which usually serves as a good motive for more people to get > involved early. > > - If the Slackware Handbook uses a "compatible" set of distribution > terms, we may even import back some of the material Linux people > write in our own Handbook. > > This sounds definitely good :-) My point exactly. :) -- Tom Rhodes