Add a Splash Screen Section to the Handbook?

Tom Rhodes trhodes at FreeBSD.org
Fri Nov 21 00:28:11 UTC 2008


On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:57:58 +0200
Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gabor PALI wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Would you rather find the discussion of a splash screen useful? I
> >> doubt it. What's more, you would not be able to fully understand what
> >> is going on. There is another possible section for this info: Chapter
> >> 12 (boot).
> >>     
> >
> > Hm, I think it is a great idea!  What do you think of appending it to
> > section ``12.3 The Boot Manager and Boot Stages'' (as a sub-section)?
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> Yes, exactly what I had in mind.  I was reading section 12.3.3 where
> /boot/loader is discussed while writing the previous reply.
> 
> >> There are could also be other places, but this is the only that comes
> >>  to mind at the moment. One could also argue we need something of a 
> >> "Misc settings" chapter, where all this useful but maybe hard to 
> >> categorize stuff would go. But then again, this maybe the role of the
> >>  FAQ.
> >>     
> >
> > I recommended to not to include the entire text in the FAQ itself for
> > Joe because I think the FAQ should be "compact and quick".  Joe wrote a
> > complete and precise description on the topic, so it should be placed in
> > the Handbook and referenced (only) from the FAQ.
> >
> > I am trying to defer the introduction of a potential "Misc Settings"
> > chapter until we really encounter things that do not fit in the actual
> > contents or outgrew their limits.
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> I agree.  Most of the misc topics still seem to fit in the standard
> chapters if studied carefully.
> 
> >> By the way, the above is just a suggestion, if the general consensus 
> >> is to merge it into the Basics chapter, I won't object :)
> >>     
> >
> > At the moment, I would prefer to inject it into Section 12.3.  If there
> > is no explicit objection in the next few days, I will try start to work
> > on its SGML version and send a patch to the list for review.
> >   
> 
> Well, let's call all the "usual suspects" ;) to comment...
> _______________________________________________

No objection.  :)

-- 
Tom Rhodes



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