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On 28 March 2012 08:15, Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Then again, Gentoo is about choice. It just seems like we're |
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>> presenting users with more choices than makes sense for a newbie. If |
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>> there is a choice between something that 99.99% of users will want, |
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>> and some ancient piece of cruft that still works and is better for |
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>> 0.01% of the userbase, does that really have to be in the handbook? |
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> Welcome to documentation development. The Gentoo Handbook has always been a |
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> difficult source for such discussions. If we truely want to provide |
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> information towards our users on all possible choices, you'll need a totally |
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> different approach. |
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> I once started (before I left Gentoo, rejoined, left again) on a "complete |
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> gentoo handbook" that covered much more in greater detail (you'll find the |
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> last version at |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/draft/complete/handbook.xml) but I've |
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> since moved away from that. Perhaps I should work again on it... |
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> Wkr, |
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> Sven Vermeulen |
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> |
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An idea is a javascripty-dynamic-slidey thing that makes more details |
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and advanced stuff visible to people who want it, so you can adjust |
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the documentation to suit your skill level. |
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-- |
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Kent |
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perl -e "print substr( \"edrgmaM SPA NOcomil.ic\\@tfrken\", \$_ * 3, |
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3 ) for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );" |
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