PC-BSD Handbook

Simon L. Nielsen simon at FreeBSD.org
Mon Sep 17 14:26:54 UTC 2007


On 2007.09.14 10:06:35 +0200, Murray Stokely wrote:

> I would prefer to check in something into
> doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/pc-bsd-handbook.  The SGML files there would
> occasionally include chapters from ../handbook.  The most important
> two chapters that we need are a new Chapter 1 : Introduction, and a
> new Chapter 2 : Installation.  The next most important chapter to
> write is on Ports and Packages.  Once those three chapters are
> written, we can put together a useful Handbook specifically for PC-BSD
> users that can help raise the profile of PC-BSD.  The PC-BSD
> introduction chapter could in turn be added as an appendix to the main
> Handbook.
> 
> I think we should do this inside the normal FreeBSD Doc Project
> framework to raise awareness and produce closer ties between people
> working on PC-BSD and the base FreeBSD.
> 
> Thoughts or concerns about this?

I don't see any big problems with doing it this way as long as it's
clear that what is being documented.

The only problem I can think of right now is related to what people
find if they search on the FreeBSD web site and end up with PC-BSD
stuff.

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen



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