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- From: mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
- Subject: Linux Documentation Project
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 03:09:05 GMT
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- I'm sending this out to the newsgroup as well, to snag anyone who's
- interested and not already on the mailing-list.
-
- The following is a summary of the status of the Documentation work being
- done on the DOC channel of the linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi mailing list.
- See the FAQ for instructions on how to join the list. :)
-
- The Linux Documentation Project is currently underway. We are working in
- concert to produce the "standard"/"official" set of Linux documentation
- as per Lars Wirzenius' outline for the project, discussed on the DOC
- channel of linux-activists.
-
- The documentation will basically consist of a set of "Books" or individual
- documents, each covering a different topic. The main documents in the series
- that this point are the Installation and Setup Guide, the User's Manual,
- and the System Administrator's Guide. Other documents, such as the Kernel
- Hacker's Guide and a yet-to-be-written Programmer's Guide, will also be
- incorporated into the project.
-
- The DOC channel of linux-activists serves as the discussion group for this
- project. We will all work together to write, edit, and review the documentation
- associated with this project. Moreover, Lars Wirzenius
- (wirzenius@cc.helsinki.fi)has been "appointed" as the main "coordinator" of
- this project, and will help to mae sure that the individual efforts are in
- synch and that everyone's happy.
-
- In addition, each individual document in the series has its own coordinator.
- The coordinator for the User's Guide is currently Larry Greenfield
- (greenfie@guass.rutgers.edu) and the coordinator for the Installation and
- Getting Started Guide is myself (mdw@tc.cornell.edu). Other documents have
- their own respective coordinators as well, but they will all be released
- through one effort, with Lars overseeing. This organization is in an effort
- to bring together and coordinate a standard, reliable, and up-to-date set of
- Linux documentation.
-
- The documentation I'm referring to here aren't man pages and other on-line
- docs; that's a different ballgame altogether. However, we're hoping that the
- docs produced through the Doc Project will be converted to online format
- (the standard format will be LaTeX, which filters are being written for to
- convert to other formats if needed).
-
- Basically, anyone who wants to help write or work with this project in
- any way is welcome to join the DOC channel of linux-activists. If you'd
- like to contribute to a particular document, mail that document's coordinator.
- We're always looking for more help, so don't be shy. :) It's a very open
- project.
-
- Lars should be sending out a summary copy of his Doc Project Outline, along
- with the coordinators for the various sections, sometime soon (right, Lasu? :)).
-
- Please feel free to ask any questions or make comments on the above. That's
- just a summary of what's going on now.
-
- Thanks,
- mdw
-
- mdw@tc.cornell.edu
-