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On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 3:26 AM, Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote: |
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> But I would like to keep the Handbook as such simple. It is |
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> overwhelming enough as it is, for newcomers, so let's not overload it |
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> with explanations of alternatives. I think we should just offer one |
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> default path, and point to alternatives that are documented in other |
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> parts of the wiki. (This should also be done, for example, with the |
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> part about LILO.) |
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I think that there are parts that could be broken up or organized a |
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bit more cleanly, but I like having the options right in the flow of |
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the document. If you're not going to deviate from the defaults then |
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there isn't a lot of point in running Gentoo in the first place. |
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Also, if we're only going to present one option at each step, I can |
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forsee a LOT of griping on this list about whatever that ONE option |
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ends up being. Some of those choices cause 100-email threads fairly |
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regularly even when they're just one option of many. |
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However, breaking things up a bit differently would probably help. |
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Anytime there is a choice to be made it wouldn't hurt to have an |
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introductory section that summarizes the choices and perhaps some |
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neutral pros/cons. Then have links to skip to the next step for each |
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of those choices. Then the next common step should start on a new |
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page, so that users aren't hunting all over the place for what comes |
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next or missing steps. |
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