Re: Debian teTeX FAQ
Hi Claire,
C.M. Connelly writes:
>
> I'm now more or less settled in at our new apartment in southern
> California, and am at the point where I would much rather work on
> Debian stuff than continue unpacking. ;-)
Go ahead, you're wellcome ;-))
> So I would like to kick things off by asking for some input here
> on debian-tetex-maint first. I have *some* ideas about what
> should be in the FAQ (see
> <http://zope.verwaltung.uni-mainz.de/debian-tetex/UserFAQ>), and I
> also have *some* of the answers to those questions
This is a good starting point. If more points come to my mind, I will
add them.
> (I posted a
> piece on bug reporting to this list ages ago).
I can remember this posting and wanted to put it on the website, but I
couln't find it in my mail archive. Can you please make a wiki from
it?
> Once I have some basic questions and answers, I'll make a draft of
> the FAQ available for feedback and post an announcement to this
> list. When we're happy, I'll announce the existence of the FAQ to
> debian-users, debian-devel, and any other appropriate lists that
> people suggest, and get some feedback from the wider world. Once
> that information is incorporated into the FAQ, we can include it
> with a future release of Debian's teTeX packages (a pointer to its
> web location would probably be appropriate before final release,
> too).
Sounds good.
> Suggestions about tools to maintain the FAQ would also be
> appreciated. I spent a little bit of time slapping together a
> LaTeX class, but it may be that SGML or some other format would be
> better for long-term maintenance.
What about faqomatic? I have seen it on different sites now and it
looks ok. And even better: There is a Debian package for it and I can
installe it easily on conrad.verwaltung.uni-mainz.de alias zope..
> Also, if there's a better (more official/permanent) location than
> <http://people.debian.org/~cmc/tetex-faq/> that's already
> available (assigned to teTeX by the Debian web team), please let
> me know.
I don't know about such a beast. I can host it on my server in the
meantime.
Christoph
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