Hi Marco, Am 25.06.21 um 10:51 schrieb Marco Möller: > On 24.06.21 22:58, Brian Thompson wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 08:42:24PM +0200, Marco Möller wrote: >>> Even as a simple user, not about contributing to the project, I never know >>> where to best search for the really up to date information, and common >>> search engines usually link me to obsolete pages which are not clearly >>> marked as obsolete pages.
Yes, I feel you. It makes me sad when I have to look up up to date infos for Debian on archwiki or ubuntuusers etc. > The problems is more about the documentation offered on the Debian web-site > than about how to use a search engine. For instance, there is this page: > https://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals > It links i.e. to the "APT User's Guide" and following this link we find the > information marked with "Copyright © 1998 Jason Gunthorpe". The trained users > are unlikely to have a need to read this document and might not be aware > about the status of it. Maybe this information is still up to date. Maybe it > was forgotten to be moved to the obsolete documents. How should the new user > know this? The common search engines, and also the hierarchy of the Debian > web-site suggest you this document and the new user landing there has maybe a > difficult start into Debian. Yes, outdated/unmaintained documentation is worse than none, imho. I think creating and maintaining up to date and beginner-friendly documentation has to become a central mission for the Debian project as a whole. I'd like to join any such group, too. Best Michael
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