Subject: Re: New FAQ
To: Markus Baeurle <emw4maba@gp.fht-esslingen.de>
From: Amit Gupta <93akg@eng.cam.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 01/02/1997 13:07:55
On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, Markus Baeurle wrote:
> > I'm back and have *provisionally* started work on a new FAQ.
> >
> > Please shout if you have any objection to this - either because you're
> > working on it yourself or you're happy with the current one. The current
> > FAQ is very out-of-date now and I feel it could do with a thorough revamp.
> > I am about 50% of the way through this and (if nobody has objections)
> > would anticipate posting an alpha version early next week.
>
> It's probably OK. But what do you mean with "new FAQ"? You are basing on the
> previous version, don't you? It would be a waste of time IMHO to start from
> scratch.
Yes, needless to say I'm updating the existing one rather than starting a
new one. The existing one is fine except that it's out of date and it's a
bit incomplete in places.
> Unfortunatedly not. Seven of them are listed, I can reproduce the first four
> (and have provided the text to put in the FAQ) on the most recent kernels. The
> last three ones are console related and I think nothing has improved there
> either...
I think Rob mentioned something about rewriting the console code at Acorn
World.
Happy New Year everyone !
amit