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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About suggesting to create a separate partition for
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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. =A0It just seems like we're
> >> presenting users with more choices than makes sense for a newbie. =A0If
> >> 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 be=
en a
> > difficult source for such discussions. If we truely want to provide
> > information towards our users on all possible choices, you'll need a to=
tally
> > different approach.
> >
> > I once started (before I left Gentoo, rejoined, left again) on a "compl=
ete
> > 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,
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Sven Vermeulen
> >
>=20
>=20
> 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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