Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:01:31 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Installation Guide Project [Was: Re: FreeBSD Adovcacy] Message-ID: <19990405120131.C24767@001101.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990405140810.3656F-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>; from Bill Fumerola on Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 02:09:48PM -0400 References: <199904051837.LAA22924@usr04.primenet.com> <Pine.HPP.3.96.990405140810.3656F-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 02:09:48PM -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote: > On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > No offense to people who have FreeBSD help sites, but if I have a question > > > I go straight to the FAQ/Handbook, and usually nothing else. It's silly to > > > spread ourselves so thin across several documents. > > > > You mean like Linux, with all those "how to" books with "Linux" on the > > cover, confusing new users into using Linux instead of FreeBSD? > > I have no problem with FreeBSD books. I do have a problem with trying to > start Yet Another Document that the project is expected to update. The > handbook _is_ the place to put {an,the} installation guide. Exactly. Any and all of these proposed documents should be self-contained to some extent, but should definitely be enclosed within the Handbook. Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage. mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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