Subject: Re: seriousness of this Project
To: Liam J. Foy <liamfoy@sepulcrum.org>
From: loxety <loxety@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/07/2005 22:32:28
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I think the gentoo project has a good system of documentation. The forums=
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really help! I wish netbsd had a forum system like the gentoo folks have.
On 9/7/05, Liam J. Foy <liamfoy@sepulcrum.org> wrote:=20
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>=20
> From my dealings with the www@ team, I have nothing but good
> things to say. They do a very good job in handling any problems or
> updating I wish to be fixed.
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> However, on another note I would really like to see an improvement
> in the kernel documentation. By that I do not mean internals, I
> simply mean on how new users configure it. Similar to how FreeBSD do
> it:
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> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-co=
nfig.html
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> I have seen countless times when the problem users can't get
> they're kernel to compile is due to an incorrect config. If the
> options where correctly documented (to a users basic
> understanding, this excludes basic raw comments in the config
> files) it would make it much nicer for newcomers to understand.
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> Just my opinion.
> --
> - Liam J. Foy
> liamfoy@sepulcrum.org
> http://www.bsd-systems.co.uk
>
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I think the gentoo project has a good system of documentation. T=
he forums really help! I wish netbsd had a forum system like the gent=
oo folks have.<br><br>
<div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 9/7/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">L=
iam J. Foy</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:liamfoy@sepulcrum.org">liamfoy@sepulcr=
um.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br> &nbs=
p; From my dealings with the www@ team, I have nothing but good<br>th=
ings to say. They do a very good job in handling any problems or
<br>updating I wish to be fixed.<br><br>However, on another note I would re=
ally like to see an improvement<br>in the kernel documentation. By that I d=
o not mean internals, I<br>simply mean on how new users configure it. Simil=
ar to how FreeBSD do
<br>it:<br><br><a href=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/=
handbook/kernelconfig-config.html">http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859=
-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html</a><br><br>I have seen countless=
times when the problem users can't get
<br>they're kernel to compile is due to an incorrect config. If the<br>opti=
ons where correctly documented (to a users basic<br>understanding, this exc=
ludes basic raw comments in the config<br>files) it would make it much nice=
r for newcomers to understand.
<br><br>Just my opinion.<br>--<br>  =
; - Liam J. Foy<br> &n=
bsp; <a h=
ref=3D"mailto:liamfoy@sepulcrum.org">liamfoy@sepulcrum.org</a><br> &nb=
sp; =
<a href=3D"http://www.bsd-systems.co.uk">http://www.bsd-systems.co.uk
</a><br></blockquote></div><br>
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