+1 On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:58:29 +0200 t3sserakt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Martin, > > I support your proposal! > > t3ss > > On 06.07.20 10:48, Schanzenbach, Martin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > while doing a rough check over the handbook I noticed that we have > > duplicate infos on the webpage and the handbook. Specifically with > > respect to installation. > > > > See > > https://docs.gnunet.org/handbook/gnunet.html#Building-GNUnet-and-its-dependencies > > And (for example): > > https://stage.gnunet.org/en/install-on-debian9.html / > > https://stage.gnunet.org/en/install.html > > > > In my opinion we should consolidate this. The infos in the handbook > > are unfortunately outdated, so are some of the OS specific > > tutorials. Building from source is a developer thing, so I firmly > > believe that it belongs in the developer section of the handbook. > > Duplication on the homepage is difficult to maintain. > > > > My proposal: > > - Move and merge all "from source" installation instructions to the > > handbook. > > - Recommend using packages on the homepage to users. > > - Link from the homepage (Developers/Install section) to the > > developer handbook installation instructions for developers/early > > adopters. > > > > Migration from the web pages to the handbook will have the positive > > side-effect that authors of OS-specific pages will have to update > > the contents (or be omitted in the transition). > > > > Of course the alternative to the above is to remove installation > > instructions from the handbook. But that is not a good idea as the > > handbook should be self-contained. > > > > BR > > Martin >
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