--- Michael Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, this would be nice. But there's a reason why that book is such a > standout: that sort of writing is very difficult to do.
[ ... ] > > Is it possible to get frosen version, say, 5.0 - current, > > and describe it? I think it is. Many things may become obsolete, > > but the knowledge I'm talking about will be revealed. Such book > > must paint a solid and complete picture of FreeBSD kernel. > > You can write all you want, but if a publisher won't print it, you're > out of luck. Publishers are very leery of things that are obsolete > before they're printed. I'm not saying it *can't* be done, but it > would be difficult to get a publisher to bite. Not necceserily, a person from Addison Wesley , was interested in publishing the developer's handbook, when it was filled with information. I am not trying to argue though. :-) > That's why we have the developers' handbook online, specifically so > things can be updated quickly. And it's difficult to get more text > for that; the people who can write that text are busy writing code. -- Hiten __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
