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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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