From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EY45L-0003HW-13 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:06:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA4G5LGO029644; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 16:05:21 GMT Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA4G1VYF020984 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 16:01:31 GMT Received: from [67.191.242.121] (c-67-191-242-121.hsd1.ga.comcast.net[67.191.242.121]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2005110416012001300f64g8e>; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 16:01:21 +0000 Message-ID: <436B853D.9040804@ieee.org> Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:58:53 -0500 From: "Nathan L. Adams" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050722) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP ??: Critical News Reporting References: <20051101015125.1cc45eb4@snowdrop.home> <200511011722.29840.jkt@gentoo.org> <20051101182506.4dd701f6@snowdrop.home> <436A1576.5070909@ieee.org> <20051103191642.1fbdbd9d@snowdrop.home> <436AAB79.4020700@ieee.org> <20051104004247.0ff50ff0@snowdrop.home> <436AB342.9040606@ieee.org> <20051104011106.780b46bb@snowdrop.home> <436AB84B.4010406@ieee.org> <1131112927.18994.1.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> In-Reply-To: <1131112927.18994.1.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6c76df20-3d52-487d-b6ae-b91a48bc5298 X-Archives-Hash: 52f8c32e4814a81d4c0864487de4880f -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 20:24 -0500, Nathan L. Adams wrote: > >>*ALL* of the official docs are GuideXML; Gentoo *expects* users to have >>a web browser by default. Otherwise a vast majority of users would never >>get Gentoo installed in the first place. The "lightweight" requirement >>appears to just be your way of subverting the current documentation >>standards (because of your XML hatred). > > > *sigh* > > Then I guess we're wasting our time getting the Handbook converted to > plain text for *every* release. It's on the CD itself, have a look. No > need for a web browser of any kind. > > You really need to check your facts before posting. > I've done several Gentoo installs and never knew the plain text versions existed. I think you might want to check the assumption that just because they exists they are widely known (and if they aren't known to exist, they don't do squat for the end user). Surely we're not going to delve into an arguement over whether the web is the best way to distribute information... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDa4U92QTTR4CNEQARAjkzAJ0YS2F/6zWLZeLQ0tbvIYNIqoe1PQCfcV53 bLnhNPoCJDNGrHuIw3pxEEA= =rSj8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list