On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 04:09:51PM -0500, Jerry wrote: > On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:50:41 -0700 > Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote: > > [snip] > > >I can see both sides of this argument. Maybe we need to split up > >FreeBSD documentation into two domains, similarly to the way FreeBSD > >software is split into two domains (core and ports) -- and thus have a > >place outside the FreeBSD handbook for the same, > >more-than-professional quality of documentation, but covering things > >we wouldn't be comfortable putting in the FreeBSD Handbook itself. > > Specifically, what is it we are uncomfortable putting in the handbook? > More importantly, what good is a handbook if it is not complete? Would > the documentation be cross indexed so a user could find more details on > a particular subject? Personally, while perfectly plausible, it sounds > like more work than it is worth.
Did you miss the part where Giorgos Keramidas objected to adding a context specific hack to the FreeBSD Handbook because that would give it the appearance of official sanction? -- Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Bjarne Stroustrup: "An ugly operation should have an ugly syntactic form."
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