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Date:      Wed, 6 Dec 2017 17:04:09 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        Ultima <ultima1252@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Flavors *COMPLETELY* break the port system (synth and poudriere are useless)
Message-ID:  <20171206160409.GN19238@e.0x20.net>
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On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 04:09:06PM -0800, Ultima wrote:
> I wonder if making a simple man page for general users would be wise and
> referencing the fully featured man page in it for more experienced users?
> It seems that many users want a simple route and the current man page is
> simply too intimidating for them to even consider attempting to use. A
> small how to at the bottom like how Bryan suggested would be helpful as
> well. (Maybe leave out the amount of characters used bit =)
> 
> Poudriere is a powerful beast and I personally love it because of this. I
> felt very overwhelmed when I first started using it but not everyone is
> willing to take the time to get up to speed.
> 

I like the idea. Maybe even add it to tldr[1]?
Web version at [2]

[1] https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
[2] https://tldr.ostera.io/



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