What would be very helpful to me would be a collection of docs for the CDs. I never seen to find time to update, rewrite or add to them.
This could act as a focus for a doc project. Phil. On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Clemmitt Sigler wrote: > Hi, > > I've recently been doing more with the Hurd, and I'm wondering how > I can best contribute to the effort. I have very little kernel/driver > hacking experience, I'm afraid. However, I don't mind writing > documentation, and (as you can tell :^) I've been building some > packages recently that I'm interested in. > > Is this a good way to help out? If so, what docs need to be worked > on most (out-of-date or incomplete)? And what packages would it be > productive to fix up so they build? I'm probably not the best person > do to a large porting effort or to fix really low-level problems, but > I'm glad to help if I can. I suppose I'm asking if there's a central > docs coordinator or working list, and a list of most-requested packages. > > I've been thinking to myself that an end-user HOWTO/FAQ would be > helpful. I just discovered this doc-in-progress today: > > http://seinfeld.arrowstreet.com/docs/using_the_hurd.html > > which is along these lines. The current install doc by Neal Walfield is > super, but IMHO it could be expanded on with more topics and more > in-depth explanations and step-by-step instructions, which are really > important for new users. > > It's been my experience that the Hurd is suitable now for basic > day-to-day use by hobbyists that want a system to tinker with and > run as a small-scale server. If we can help people like these get the > Hurd running -- get the system installed and configured, get networking > and X working, and get a dial-up PPP interface working -- it may be > possible to get more people contributing to the effort(?) > > I've found several old lists of links (some links outdated and some > dead), some newer lists, and have only recently discovered the > Hurd Building Guide (www.nongnu.org/hbg/hbg.html) and the Hurd > Twiki (hurd.gnufans.org). Would a meta-list of lists of links > be useful? Just thinking out loud here.... > > Thanks :^) > > Clemmitt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
