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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
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