From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Apr 5 0:24:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAC9114F55 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 00:24:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id QAA01740; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:52:32 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id QAA07905; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:52:31 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19990405165231.O2142@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:52:31 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz Cc: FreeBSD Documenters Subject: Re: Another Installation Guide [was: FreeBSD Advocacy] References: <37053C70.A99BEB29@uswest.net>; <19990405164928.40818@welearn.com.au> <19990405071708.EHEJ5596385.mta1-rme@wocker> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990405071708.EHEJ5596385.mta1-rme@wocker>; from Dan Langille on Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 07:16:32PM +1200 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Monday, 5 April 1999 at 19:16:32 +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > On 5 Apr 99, at 16:49, Sue Blake wrote: > >> Having decided to proceed, you've got a big choice to make. >> Do you want this to be an independent effort, or a FreeBSD project? >> There are pros and cons with each, but you can't have it both ways. > > This is something I may have missed before. Everyone seems to agree an IG > is needed. We now seem only to be debating the form: should it be part of > the Handbook or not. Yup, you missed it. I said it in at least 3 messages. > Does this mean that if the IG is not part of the Handbook, then it's > not a FreeBSD Project? [this isn't directed necessarily at you Sue] Not to the same degree. Darren made it clear that he didn't like doing it in the framework of the handbook. That doesn't mean that it won't be gratefully accepted if he finishes it and does a good job, just that it's not a planned project. I think Sue put the issues pretty well. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message