As an example of the existing redundancy in the installation documentation, from the documentation page I could potentially arrive at three different installation guides:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install http://www.newriders.com/debian/html/noframes/ http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/installguide/ While I am sure they are all fairly up-to date and well written you are all probbly well aware of the problems with this: - A waste of resources which could otherwise be pooled into generating one superior document - Increased likelihood of inconsistencies - Confusion for users trying to determine an authoratative reference - More material to sort through etc.etc.etc Another issue is in the development of Debian specific sysadmin and network manuals. It is a little disconcerting the way so much redundant Linux documentation is being developed in parallel. Which reference should a Debian user turn to: the Debian Network Admin guide, the Linux Network HOWTO, the Linux Network Admin Guide or the myriad of other contributed guides? It would seem to make sense to me that Debian joined forces with the developers of the Linux NAG and SAG and helped improve those and added clauses where Debian specific issues arose. Once again, let me know how I can contribute. regards, Adam
