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Date:      Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:33:38 -0500
From:      Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net>
To:        murray@stokely.org
Cc:        Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com>, keramida@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Splitting the Handbook? (was: [a couple of new doc PRs])
Message-ID:  <20020407033338.GC98779@electricjellyfish.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020407032920.GC8008@freebsdmall.com>
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On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 07:29:20PM -0800, murray@stokely.org wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 08:24:28PM -0500, Garrett Rooney wrote:
> > personally, it seems like the problem is in the definition of 'user'
> > and 'sysadmin'.  from my point of view, packages, building a kernel,
> > staying up to date with cvsup, these are all 'sysadmin' type
> 
>   I agree with 2 of the 3 items you listed.  The "building a kernel"
> and "staying up to date with cvsup" chapters are currently in the
> Administration part of the Handbook, but "packages" (Chapter 4) is in
> the Getting Started / User's part.  I mostly agree with the current
> separation, I just want two separate books instead of two separate
> parts in the same book.

i can see the argument for leaving the information on packages in the
users manual.  it's still an admin type thing, but it's one that you
can easily see an end user who just installs FreeBSD on their own
machine using.

and yes, i do agree that as we move forward, the guide likely should
be split into a users manual and an admin's manual, if only to keep it
from becoming unweildy.

-garrett 

-- 
garrett rooney                    Remember, any design flaw you're 
rooneg@electricjellyfish.net      sufficiently snide about becomes  
http://electricjellyfish.net/     a feature.       -- Dan Sugalski

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