On Sat, Nov 04, 2023 at 10:52:01AM -0400, Jay Hart wrote: > > Peter, > > Any plans to update it?
Questions of the type "Are you working on a new edition of your book about <insert topic here>?" or the more general "Are you working on a book about <insert topic here>?" or even "When is your next book coming out?" are never going to be answered truthfully, or at all, by any writer or publisher unless a definite publication date has been set and they are confident that all the myriad factors that determine the outcome of the project are firmly under control. If the real question is, "Would it be safe for me to start writing a PF book?" My answer is no. There is no guarantee that the effort you put in will give satisfactory-to-you returns in any form or fashion. Writing is a time sink and publishers may or may not be interested. On the other hand if you are asking, "Should I start writing a book on PF or a related subject?", my take is, please do, if you feel that it is a thing worth doing. But again, keep in mind that writing a book and getting it published will eat up several significantly more than bite-sized chunks of your time, but if you feel that your book needs to be written, please go ahead. The reason The Book of PF exists is that I had a general idea of what kind of PF book I would like to see existing, and a work in progress manuscript existed that I showed to anyone interested. Fortunately enough people relevant to getting the book actually published (and revised twice so far) agreed that this book needed to happen. When I get to the point that a new edition of The Book of PF or any other book relevant to OpenBSD that I am able to write is certain to be published at a specific time, this mailing list will be one of the first public forums that will receive notification. That much I will promise. All the best, Peter -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team https://bsdly.blogspot.com/ https://www.bsdly.net/ https://www.nuug.no/ "Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic" delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673 seconds.
