On Monday 26 November 2007 21:05:20 badeguruji wrote: > With all due respect to all contributors on the > internet. > > It seems lot of BSD/unix notes and other documentation > is scattered all over the internet in hapzard way. > which newcomers find thru google(1) and then try to > use it. Most of the time "date and version etc." is > not mentioned in the document or the URL - which makes > it difficult to realize (to a newcomer) whether the > info is still applicable/valid? and should be used? > > I guess all such contributors need to mention the > date_of_publication and software_version_used on the > top of their submission. we need to learn from > newspaper websites who 'arrange' their stories > chronologically, and a look at the url on these sites > tell the date of the story! > > just making it a habit to add the "date and version" > on top will make it easy to 'index the web', and will > help the newcomer to understand and decide... > > I am sending it here as this can only be straightened > out by some well known developers in the > unix/linux/bsd community. > > thanks again to all the techis who have ever posted > 'how-2s' on the internet! > > -BG > > (1)in that sense googles' text search engine is also > not doing a proper job. so it leaves some room...
Have you heard of dmoz.org? The OpenBSD entry could use more helpers. --STeve Andre'
