Re: Guides for Fedora Core
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
Hi Colon,
> > Just wondering if there are any plans to adapt the Red Hat Linux guides
> > for Fedora Core.
> This is what the Fedora Docs Project is all about - they have a mailing
> list too: fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com
>
> And no, they are creating docs from scratch rather than using the
> current RHL guides. Further discussion about this should be done at the
> above mailing list
Ok. Yet another mailing list. But could you explain the rationale behind
that decision here? The devel list seems an appropriate place to at
least hold a summary of such decisions in it's archive. With all these
lists and channels information is fragmented enough as it is.
I guess because it is easier to keep track of the things going on when you
have a list that has < 50 messages a week. Some weeks it has 0. I would
think that things would tend to get lost in the noise on this list.
I can't find such extensive docs for Fedora yet (howto != guide),
so why
not maintain them until alternatives are available?
Because Red Hat has them licensed in such a way that they cannot be used on
fedora. I forget the exact details but that is the bottom line.
HTH,
Tom