On 16 Dec 1997, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > > I further propose to split the user's manual into a separate tutorial > (your "Part 1") and a separate reference guide (your "Part 2"). This > way the former can stay more or less stable while we can easy add > chapters to the latter, or even split it up in dedicated parts, one > for programming, one for document preparation and text processing, > etc. Further, when e.g. GNU Hurd is "Debianized" we could have a > tutorial for it ready without having to write one from scratch, while > the reference guide could be used without needing much adaptation at > first. >
Much less confusing than "Part 1" and "Part 2" - definitely makes sense. > This also should make it feasible to have the tutorial ready when > Debian 2.0 is released which will be early next year. I certainly > don't intent to push us to have it ready at all cost, but it's a goal > worthwhile striving for, I think. > That would be really nice. Perhaps we should make a timeline with some sub-deadlines to keep ourselves on track? Or would that be too much like work? ;) > I also like your idea of having a small team writing the tutorial, > since you're right is all kinda interrelated and somewhat difficult to > split up in clearly defined pieces. > > So, unless someone has objections we should start working on this as > soon as possible. > What do we do first? Should we start writing up an outline? Havoc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
