Re: Preparing for the freeze (was: Obsolete packages in main/oldlibs)
On Tue 22 Sep 1998, Christopher C Chimelis wrote:
> On 22 Sep 1998, Robin Stephenson wrote:
>
> > OK, I'll see what I can do. I know I'd have appreciated a
> > step-by-step guide when I started with RedHat 4, and I guess there are
> > probably enough UDBs out there to make it useful. Is there a model to
> > follow? What's the usual format -- DocBook?
>
> Not sure really. My strength is in coding, patching, and compiling :-)
> I've never been a doc writer so I stay away from that stuff. You may want
> to check the Debian Documentation Project page to see how they do their
> stuff. I think it might be good to conform to their methods since they'll
> have to post it anyway.
I think to start out, plain ascii text is great. Add the fluff to make
it pretty when it's done; IMHO that's the least important aspect. Just
filter it through par or whatever so that the lines are the right length
etc.
Paul Slootman
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