The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form.

Ryan J. Cavicchioni ryan.cavicchioni at gmail.com
Wed May 4 09:24:54 PDT 2005


MikeM wrote:

> On 5/3/2005 at 5:29 PM Benjamin Keating wrote:
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> |A wiki would eliminate that bottle neck (PR). |Some parts are out
> of date. Others fail to mention FAQ , etc. that |could really help.
> For instance, the NAT/DHCP articles could easily |include a
> 'typical home user' HOWTO rather then tricking the user into
> |reading that one line where it says you have to recompile your
> kernel |with IPFIREWALL support. | |Things like that bring noise to
> this mailing list. Idon't know about |you but I'd rather just add
> my new found info to the site rather find |a PR addy, submit it and
> wait for it to be added. We have software |that does this now. Lets
> use it! :) =============
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> When I found a spot in the Handbook that was a bit sparce, I send
> in an email describing what I was looking for, what I found, and
> what i expected to find. The Handbook was updated within a few
> days, and the update was much better than what I could have
> written.
>
>
> Maybe a wiki would supplement the Handbook, rather than replace it.
>
Now I think that would be a better idea. It would be cool to have a very
active handbook wiki but just like forums, starting and running a
successful one is not easy work.

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