From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 12 05:35:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E56B16A400 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:35:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx24.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3CE5613C43E for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:35:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 3961 invoked by uid 399); 12 Mar 2007 05:35:08 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO lap.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Mar 2007 05:35:08 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <45F4E68B.6010800@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:35:07 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (X11/20070116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: andy@kendallnet.wanadoo.co.uk References: <000701c76420$19836100$4a074c0a@andypc2> In-Reply-To: <000701c76420$19836100$4a074c0a@andypc2> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newb wanting to assist. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:35:11 -0000 Andy Kendall wrote: > > > Hi All. > > > > I've been trying to build a FreeBSD system for about a week now and I'm > struggling with the level of detail in the handbook/manual. I'm not a > techo-newb; at 47 years old I've been in the loop since I built my first > computer aged 19 (1979) and I'm a Communications Engineer now but even with > all this experience It's still not easy. > > > > Can I help please? (I do have some fair experience as a Technical Author). Improvements to the docs are always welcome. If you have ideas for small changes, typo fixes, better clarity for a small section, etc.; then send-pr is your friend. If you have ideas for larger scale work, you probably want to run them by this list first so that we can give it a sanity check. hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection