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From: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About suggesting to create a separate partition for portage tree in handbook
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:29:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120327192934.GA6936@linux1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAATnKFDbVmxpDoRY=7nPMb+-wHM6tFA2iB_y=vH8wTWSE6-awQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 08:20:45AM +1300, Kent Fredric wrote:
> On 28 March 2012 08:15, Sven Vermeulen <swift@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >> Then again, Gentoo is about choice.  It just seems like we're
> >> presenting users with more choices than makes sense for a newbie.  If
> >> there is a choice between something that 99.99% of users will want,
> >> and some ancient piece of cruft that still works and is better for
> >> 0.01% of the userbase, does that really have to be in the handbook?
> >
> > Welcome to documentation development. The Gentoo Handbook has always been a
> > difficult source for such discussions. If we truely want to provide
> > information towards our users on all possible choices, you'll need a totally
> > different approach.
> >
> > I once started (before I left Gentoo, rejoined, left again) on a "complete
> > gentoo handbook" that covered much more in greater detail (you'll find the
> > last version at
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/draft/complete/handbook.xml) but I've
> > since moved away from that. Perhaps I should work again on it...
> >
> > Wkr,
> >        Sven Vermeulen
> >
> 
> 
> An idea is a javascripty-dynamic-slidey thing that makes more details
> and advanced stuff visible to people who want it, so you can adjust
> the documentation to suit your skill level.

Why not just the separate "quick install" guide like we have that lists
steps and the handbook if yu want more details?

William

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-27 19:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <20120327154239.GA17394@gentoo.org>
2012-03-27 17:49   ` [gentoo-dev] About suggesting to create a separate partition for portage tree in handbook Pacho Ramos
2012-03-27 18:01     ` Sven Vermeulen
2012-03-27 18:21       ` Aaron W. Swenson
2012-03-27 18:34       ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2012-03-27 18:47         ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-27 18:53           ` Ian Stakenvicius
2012-03-27 19:02             ` vivo75
2012-03-27 19:04             ` Aaron W. Swenson
2012-03-27 19:13               ` Ian Stakenvicius
2012-03-27 19:31                 ` Aaron W. Swenson
2012-03-27 19:16             ` Kent Fredric
2012-03-30  8:00             ` Pacho Ramos
2012-03-27 19:15           ` Sven Vermeulen
2012-03-27 19:20             ` Kent Fredric
2012-03-27 19:29               ` William Hubbs [this message]
2012-03-27 19:40                 ` Sven Vermeulen
2012-03-27 19:57         ` Richard Yao
2012-03-27 20:15           ` Kent Fredric
2012-03-27 20:05         ` Alec Moskvin
2012-03-30  8:06           ` Pacho Ramos
2012-03-31  8:44             ` Sven Vermeulen
2012-03-31  9:35               ` Brian Harring
2012-03-31 13:36                 ` Pacho Ramos
2012-03-31 13:34               ` Pacho Ramos
2012-03-31 17:42                 ` Zac Medico
2012-03-31 23:25                   ` Walter Dnes
2012-04-01  0:33                     ` Zac Medico
2013-07-21 11:42                       ` Pacho Ramos
2013-07-21 11:57                         ` Michał Górny
2013-07-21 12:06                           ` Pacho Ramos
2013-07-21 12:15                             ` Michał Górny
2013-07-21 18:00                           ` Zac Medico
2013-07-21 18:55                             ` Michał Górny
2013-07-21 14:26                         ` Michael Weber
2013-07-21 14:46                           ` justin
2013-07-21 17:01                             ` Pacho Ramos
2012-04-01  8:06                     ` Pacho Ramos
2012-04-01 15:28                     ` [gentoo-dev] " Steven J Long
2012-04-02  4:41                       ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-30  7:57         ` [gentoo-dev] " Pacho Ramos
2012-03-30  7:57       ` Pacho Ramos
2012-03-27 18:16     ` Ciaran McCreesh
2012-03-28  7:16       ` Brian Dolbec
2012-03-28 10:35         ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-28 14:53         ` Kent Fredric
2012-03-28 14:59         ` Richard Yao
2012-03-28 15:27           ` Matt Turner
2012-03-28 15:37           ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-28 18:56             ` Brian Dolbec
2012-03-28 17:41         ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-28 22:27     ` Joshua Saddler
2012-03-29  0:35       ` Dale
2012-03-29  2:21         ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2012-03-29  3:11           ` Dale

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