Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie
On Thursday 22 July 2004 09:43, Emma Jane Hogbin was heard to say:
> I think this is a good idea, but I wonder how it will be different
> from the information at:
> http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/
Agreed. The repository already exists, let's utilize it.
However, what the original writer was suggesting was a meta-package
along the lines of "kde-extras" which itself depends on a suite of
appropriate other Debian packages and specific configuration options
which would complete the particular laptop.
> In general I have found it very difficult to get authors to
> _maintain_ their documentation. Maybe it is better to use the Linux
> On Laptops as a resource to pull out the "best of the web" and put
> them into a standard structure?
Indeed. Laptop models change continually also, which makes keeping the
meta-packages up to date and endless chore.
> I would definitely be interested in seeing how this progresses,
> emma
I believe that contributing back to linux-on-laptops.com is "our" best
method for documentation. It also spreads the load over different
distributions of Linux, not just those of us with Debian. We may be a
large community, but by no measure a majority.
Curt-
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