On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christian Wurst wrote these words on 05/28/08 06:55 CST: >> Well, I disagree here. The FAQ is very technical in nature, and thus >> takes some time to understand what the package does. > > I snipped your explanation and somewhat dismissed it when I read > your first sentence. You must have not even visited the URL I > offered above, otherwise there would be no way you would say that > it is too technical.
I did, but after re-reading what I wrote I have to say that it was a bad choice of words, I'm sorry for that. I didn't mean to criticise the FAQ in any way. It would have been better if I wrote "too long and technical in nature for the short description I'd like to see in BLFS". I liked what Guy Dalziel wrote, especially: > What if we could do both, present a couple of sentences > in brief about what the package does and then put a > 'more..' link after it that leads to a page of a more > detailed nature, perhaps the wiki would suit the > purpose nicely. These couple of sentences should be as understandable to the average user as possible. I think we can assume the average user knows what a filesystem or a database is, but we shouldn't assume that he knows what a X.500 directory service is. This is why I wrote that I think the FAQ is "too technical". I hope this clarifies my opinion, sorry for causing a misunderstanding. Christian -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
