-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2018-01-11 14:41, Chris Laprise wrote: > On 01/11/2018 01:16 PM, Unman wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 09:18:46AM +0000, 'Tom Zander' via qubes-users wrote: >>> On Thursday, 11 January 2018 03:42:11 GMT Andrew David Wong wrote: >>>> On 2018-01-10 12:53, 'Tom Zander' via qubes-users wrote: >>> >>>>> I poked the Qubes guys about providing a separate dir on the website to >>>>> make it clear what is 3.x and what is 4.x specific, but they stated we >>>>> should instead put notices about exceptions in the document pages. >>>> >>>> That's not exactly right. Please see: >>> .. >>>> >>>> In other words, do not just add notices in the text about exceptions. >>>> Instead, make clearly-labeled sections for 3.x and 4.x so that users >>>> can easily find the right information no matter which version of Qubes >>>> they're using. >>>> >>>>> So I guess things like ProxyVMs should be mentioned to be old and AppVM >>>>> is the new. >>> >>> Ok, I am having problem seeing your solution and my explanation of it as >>> any >>> different, in practice. >>> Maybe I'm missing the obvious, I'm just not seeing it. >>> >>> In this specific case of the VPN page. https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/vpn/ >>> * in v.4 there is no "NetVM". >>> * There is no "ProxyVM" >>> * The create qubes screenshot is considerably different. >>> * adding 'meminfo-writer' and 'network-manager' are not needed (AFAIK). >>> * does not use iptables anymore. >>> >>> Ok, going to stop now. I got to half the page and some 80% of the text and >>> screenshots are wrong for v4. >>> >>> How would you solve that in line with the QubesOS policy? >> >> The difference is between this style: >> >> You can attach a disk image to a qube using qvm-block : >> qvm-block -A <target> [qube:]<file> >> (This syntax is not available in 4.0) >> >> and this: >> 3.0 >> You can attach a disk image to a qube using qvm-block : >> qvm-block -A <target> [qube:]<file> >> >> 4.0 >> You cannot attach a disk image to a qube using qvm-block. >> >> >> The advantage of using labelled sections is that it should be easier >> for users to find the material relevant to the version they are using. >> Also, that once 3.0 is retired, it will be simple to remove the 3.0 >> relevant material, rather than filleting our bits from each page. >> >> On the VPN case your own comment confirms that it would be better to >> provide a separate section, rather than trying to put "exceptions" in to >> the existing text. >> > > At least no section repetition for the scripts should be necessary. But > doing this for the dialogs still adds a lot to an already long doc. >
Is it bad for a doc to be long when it's immediately obvious which half you can ignore because it's not the version you're using? > I feel that, apart from making some docs look deceptively long and less > readable, the most significant downside to melding 3.x/4.x instructions > together would be to discourage contributions from users. It makes the > thought of every potential edit seem like a slog through extra markdown, > and many will think "I don't have time to install 3.2 to write up that > version". > I don't understand. Why would this be the case? If you want to make a small edit that pertains only to 4.0, you can simply make that small edit in the 4.0 section, or add such a section if one doesn't yet exist, which would only be a few extra characters. A 4.0 user who wants to add some true fact about 4.0 to the docs doesn't even have to think about 3.2, much less install it. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEZQ7rCYX0j3henGH1203TvDlQMDAFAlpYK/4ACgkQ203TvDlQ MDCO5g//X83cUUXJ+wC3PbbyXFcPnryX+po4wpscNtzjN9XEY3isKFpbzWph2iPD E365gKrhZCPn5Rmcum2cTtEdtoP9AOzMTgaZGF8xkkq0XZmZsAppAbfEhNHHkcdT 1WMkGvnYsFmt+Q8m0EgRmuKsU+STyrm7b5ZGI2ilweqYyBRMNtbOQl+PaPX4A6dY snHECZ7yZ9wLQGPJaVV7uxirxEnxq0jtc55jbEou6Pk3yMY3hCKeYzlTi9DMJ8hh kuVVoH58dXu0R2C7CunpfZ46Z5PRiV3+8Tm5pRBMZHhEomKLIv9VkVZ2JBw9kbmj FMOmk3XTsYZAFfYpmlKM9yNM0s9ZrHniCZMA6cTlZpqVFlGnsZGso3fqapBayijy zuGcwYPa0dIw+eWqnz+wbfOPrBxV5U0O3y9hM7HO6RDG0nrBLHO2QKO+wUugCmX0 DkKRkmN5a0oueIDf2DAdeXGLCBnSy9zdcyrtXDtbDh7Rlwg9ko9f82ZZoZM6alIb 7J0J73el8KjLiJEtJPu8vGTYq6EIhoflvXDMzXwd/49Oeoqb7MeJ7qo14iad3bp0 nu3z2n9MSa2VP71p6db9aKOGYb+chHMA6l09vd/Fab4mIQVl/LA2DpEDFV7wOgwv VJ/Q5VuidOZ0lxw7jpmmeqFC07g98qdxnbP+TXVCsio2JbhcbZA= =w/TA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/029619de-90c6-bdfd-ad38-4ce5f5beb739%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
