On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 09:10:19PM -0800, Bruce Byfield wrote: > Chris Tillman wrote: > > > > >There's a lot of good information here, mostly directly applicable to > >Debian. Even screen shots! The quality seems very good. > > > >I think there's a large hole in the Debian documentation bin labelled > >Beginner/Novice. This would fill that hole nicely. > > > >I'm willing to work on it, if others also think there's a place here for > >it. > > > Great! > > The project is still in its early stages, so not much that's concrete is > likely to happen for the next couple of weeks. But here's what is going on: > > - I'm looking for volunteers. I'm going to go through Techwr-l, the > technical writer's mailing list, and the Debian Doc list. > - A CVS tree will have to be set up. Progeny may host it; I'm not sure yet. > - A mailing list is also needed. Again, Progeny may host it. > - A non-proprietary format needs to be decided on. Once a few more > people are involved, we can discuss that in more detail. > - Once the format is decided, we need to convert the existing files to it. > - The first stage in writing will be to replace the existing references > to Progeny-specific tools with general Debian information. > > I'll be in touch as things get organized. Meanwhile, thanks for > volunteering!
OK. The rumble from the rails on formats is saying 'DocBook XML', I think. lists.debian.org/debian-doc/2001/debian-doc-200112/msg00076.html -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
