using a wiki for documentation (and introducing short-term beginning BSD admin book project)

Jeremy C. Reed reed at reedmedia.net
Fri Feb 9 14:51:24 PST 2007


On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Justin C. Sherrill wrote:

> To run with that thought...  I had suggested probably 2 years ago we use a
> wiki instead of docbook, and while the idea was shot down then, I'm
> thinking that wikis are common enough now that it's becoming just as
> capable a tool.
> 
> The hassle of both understanding docbook/SGML and having the extensive
> toolchain working on a DragonFly system has worked out so that there's
> been almost no updates to the Handbook.  It's significantly more complex
> to maintain than a wiki with no immediate benefit at this point, in my  
> opinion.

and ...

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Matthew Dillon wrote:

>     My thinking has changed from 2 years ago as well.  It is
>     pretty clear to me that Wiki is the future for handbook-style
>     documentation.

Okay.

What is http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/index.cgi/DragonFlyBSD_Handbook ?

Looks like someone (re)started it. But links go no where.

http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/index.cgi/DragonFlyBSD_Handbook?action=info



  Jeremy C. Reed





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