On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hi Colon, > > > > Just wondering if there are any plans to adapt the Red Hat Linux guides > > > for Fedora Core. > > > This is what the Fedora Docs Project is all about - they have a mailing > > list too: fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > And no, they are creating docs from scratch rather than using the > > current RHL guides. Further discussion about this should be done at the > > above mailing list > > Ok. Yet another mailing list. But could you explain the rationale behind > that decision here? The devel list seems an appropriate place to at > least hold a summary of such decisions in it's archive. With all these > lists and channels information is fragmented enough as it is. I guess because it is easier to keep track of the things going on when you have a list that has < 50 messages a week. Some weeks it has 0. I would think that things would tend to get lost in the noise on this list. > I can't find such extensive docs for Fedora yet (howto != guide), so why > not maintain them until alternatives are available? Because Red Hat has them licensed in such a way that they cannot be used on fedora. I forget the exact details but that is the bottom line. HTH, Tom
