Yotam Rubin wrote: > > Gentle people, > > I wish to propose the following piece of documentation: > The user list ([email protected]) is an extremely efficient method > of obtaining technical support regarding Debian issues and non-Debian > issues. Since many users encounter similar contemporary problems it would > be nice if frequent questions/answers will be documented in a central place. > This is especially useful because some users may wish to avoid the hectic > traffic in debian-user. It also saves the user time harvesting the relevant > information from all the (Occasionally non-accurate) replies. > The prospective FAQ will be updated under a weekly basis. > Now the question is: Should we incorporate this document in the existing > Debian > FAQ? Below are some arguments for and against. > > Against: > > * The FAQ will be updated frequently, and will probably grow considerably > within > a short period of time. This might make the FAQ bulky and illogical in the > sense that it will contain numerous non-related questions/answers.
Personally, I think the best solution is to have only one FAQ. A FAQ can be very easy to use, even if it contains 400 questions/answers, if the questions are carefully divided in categories (divide et impera applies not only to the programming, but to the documentation too). On the other hand, I think that the questions involving Linux in general (and not Debian in particular) go to Linux FAQ or something else. Eugen -- http://www.ese-metz.fr/~dedu
