From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 14:26:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C10316A417 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:26:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simon@benji.nitro.dk) Received: from mx.nitro.dk (zarniwoop.nitro.dk [83.92.207.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B189C13C4A8 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:26:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simon@benji.nitro.dk) Received: from benji.nitro.dk (unknown [192.168.3.39]) by mx.nitro.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 213821E8C12; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:10:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by benji.nitro.dk (Postfix, from userid 2000) id 94729FDD4; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:10:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:10:39 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" To: Murray Stokely Message-ID: <20070917141038.GF2003@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <474078f80709140106u1e1efb71n2f75b65940886f7c@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <474078f80709140106u1e1efb71n2f75b65940886f7c@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Matt Olander Subject: Re: PC-BSD Handbook 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, 17 Sep 2007 14:26:54 -0000 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