discuss: GUIDE in Wiki, example of the LVM-HOWTO
Subject:
Re: [discuss] GUIDE in Wiki, example of the LVM-HOWTO
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
18 Dec 2008 08:08:34 +0000
Message-Id: <20081218075922.GF2205@davespc>
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:05:26AM +0100, jdd for http://tldp.org wrote:
> Hello again :-)
>
> The LVM-HOWTO (http://wiki.tldp.org/LVM-HOWTO), now looking for a new
> maintainer, is a very big HOWTO, so I suggest we change it to a GUIDE.
But it's only about 1/3 the size of my Text-Terminal-HOWTO. So it's
not large enough to be a guide.
>
> We didn't yet discuss how a guide can be held in the wiki.
>
> I doubt it can be held as one page, because it's very inconvenient to
> edit. I suggest we use a "partX" system, dividing the GUIDE in smaller
> parts (wiki manageables).
>
> I setup a frame here:
>
> http://wiki.tldp.org/LVM-GUIDE
>
> Right now this frame is empty, waiting for your suggestions. If you
> agree, I will move the relevant HOWTO parts.
>
> If we use this system, We could empty the old HOWTO, letting in only a
> link to the new guide.
>
> With this system, we can submit each part separately and upgrade them
> also separately (each part having links to the other).
But when I revise details in one part of the HOWTO it sometimes
requires revision of other parts such as introductory material. If
this isn't done, you may wind up with different parts of the HOWTO
contradicting each other, etc.
>
David Lawyer
