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Re: Bug#128852: doc-linux-text: Suggested addition to package: rank newbie pointers



On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 09:23:01PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 01:19:38AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > Josip suggested the install-doc package from boot-floppies, which sounds
> > like an ideal location to me. Perhaps it would be a good idea to bump
> > install-doc to standard (possibly with the PDF files split out), add it
> > to debootstrap, and add a simple file or two of the utter-newbie "oh my
> > God, how do I use this thing?" documentation that Chris suggested.
> > install-doc would also be useful on standard installations due to things
> > like the dselect tutorial.
> > 
> > Comments?
> 
> :-) I love that description. But really, it's accurate when any
> non-technical person is first faced with a *nix console. And some
> technical people too!

Well, quite :)

So, if I reassigned this to install-doc, are the suggestions above
likely to be well-received?

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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