On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 01:58:10 +1000, "Colin Charles" <byte@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: > On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 17:51 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > Considering the fact that FreeBSD handbook is larger than any of the > > Red > > Hat guides the difference in terminology looks just like nitpicking > > to > > me. End users just want the document regardless of whats its called. > > Glad you brought this up. The FreeBSD Handbook is a *great resource*. If > Fedora Docs wants to have the best documentation a Linux distribution > can ever have, the aim should be the style of The FreeBSD Handbook > > Its just _amazing_ Definitely. IMHO, though, it's hard to reproduce: - Their release schedule is slower, which gives them a lot more time to check and revise the whole extent for each release. - They assume a narrower target audience than we might be comfortable with. - The sections also seem fairly tightly scoped. They extensively use callouts to man pages to supplement the material. - I get the impression that they have a much smaller and more unified set of core software than we currently do. - According to an interview with a FreeBSD documenter, the Handbook has about 15 active contributors, which must be quite hard to co-ordinate: http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200408/trhodesinterview.html -- Stuart Ellis -- fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
