Bug#1033193: debian-installer help screen: url to doc page
Package: debian-installer
Severity: wishlist
On the F2 help page, we currently have
...
See the Installation Guide or the FAQ for more information; both
documents are available at the Debian web site, http://www.debian.org/
Please mention the exact URL where to find the installation-guide
and Debian FAQ docs (http://www.debian.org/doc/).
The current (new) layout of the webpage has no link to the doc section,
as it was in the past (in the footer).
Thus, for people being new to Debian it might not be intuitive, to find
that documents. Diving into the deep of the webpage might not be what
beginners do.
http://www.debian.org/doc/ however has links to those both documents
prominently visible at the top.
I seem to remember, that there was already a similar request some years
ago, but I don't find it in the archive.
>From memory, I think there were arguments like "There's a link pointing
to documentatio in the footer, that should be enough" but that's no longer
true since the overhaul of the wegpage.
Thus this request.
If we strictly want the top level URL listed, it could be added separately
in a paragraph like
"Visit http://www.debian.org for general information about the Debian project
and its operating system."
(The F2 help page has enough free room for such additional paragraph.)
(Oh, I just saw there is another mention of the installation-guide and FAQ on
F9 help, with the same generic debian.org URL. Could change that as well.)
Holger
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