Re: Lack of documentation (Was: Re: kernel support for non-English user messages)
Denis Vlasenko (vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua)
Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:34:53 +0300
On 14 April 2003 13:50, John Bradford wrote:
> > > > > /Documentation is *awful*.
> > > >
> > > > You know where to submit contributions
> > >
> > > If I could *write* the documentation, I wouldn't need it,
> > > now would I? Maybe that's the problem...
> >
> > If nobody would write the docs, nobody would read them ;)
>
> Compare:
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hacking-guide/hhg.html
> http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/users-guide/using_gnuhurd.html
>
> with /Documentation
Maybe but hurd is not exactly beating Linux today. I am not sure
we should follow hurd...
> I think we can do better. I have made several offers to compile
> documentation that is forwarded to me in to a more user-friendly
> format, but few people seem interested.
Good! I do not want to discourage you.
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vda
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