discuss: Cutting out the deadwood
Subject:
Re: [discuss] Cutting out the deadwood
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
2 May 2011 07:09:20 +0100
Message-Id: <20110502061023.GA1211@davespc>
> Le 30/04/2011 10:30, Mahesh T. Pai a ?crit :
>
>
> >Now, is it possible to do something about the technologically obsolete
> >HOWTOs?
Make sure the topic is obsolete. I thought my Serial HOWTO was
nearly obsolete, only to find that serial ports are being widely used
in imbedded systems.
>
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 11:17:10AM +0200, jdd wrote:
> sure. If you agree to do the scan (I have no knowledge to do it),
> you can post the result on the staff list (ask me if you can't), I
> will acknowledge it and so Greg will be able to move the documents
> to the http://tldp.org/HOWTO/archived/ page
>
> it's also useful to note this on the main wiki howto page
>
> http://wiki.tldp.org/Page_Status
>
> In fact it should be probably useful to split this page in two or
> three (I don't think it's possible to sort a table in Moin):
>
> * subject obsolete, no need to change it, kept only for historical
> purpose (and out of the mirror part)
I think that most all howtos that are kept for historical purposes
need some changes which explain how and why the topics described in the
howto became obsolete and what replaced them (and when).
David Lawyer
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