Re: LDP still relevant?
Hi,
On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 04:53:30PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 11:54:58AM +0100, Tom M wrote:
> >
> > The Linux Documentation Project [1] is mentioned in Debian's docs, often as the
> > only source of general GNU/Linux docs. As far as I can see, it is largely an
> > outdated resource; floppy disks are regularly mentioned, there are links to
> > software tarballs, etc. In fact, none of the "most popular Linux documents
> > and manuals" [2] have seen updates in the last 13 years, some as many as 20.
> > (And they are 2 clicks from the front page!) I don't think we are doing anyone
> > a favour by mentioning these, and should consider other sources.
> >
> > --
> > Tom M
> >
> > [1] http://www.tldp.org/
> > [2] https://www.debian.org/doc/ "Manuals for GNU/Linux in general"
>
> TLDP is _just_ in the first steps of starting activity again after some years
> of minimal axctivity.
>
> If they do seem to get anything back together, we can use it. Unfortunately,
> they are still arguing document formats as often as writing / updating
> documents or so it seems.
http://www.tldp.org/sorted_howtos_full.html shows: Since 2013 there have been
not more than 2 new releases of all TLDP howto's. I don't think we should hold
our breath now, and imho we should remove references to obsolete
TLDP-documents.
Bye,
Joost
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