discuss: Home Networking HOWTO
Subject:
Re: [discuss] Home Networking HOWTO
From:
Randy Kramer ####@####.####
Date:
24 Aug 2005 15:44:34 -0000
Message-Id: <200508241156.13284.rhkramer@gmail.com>
On Wednesday 24 August 2005 09:02 am, Martin Wheeler wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Richard Schetnan wrote:
> > Simply put, DNS and DHCP are
> > completely unnecessary for home networking.
>
> Ahem. Be careful of mistaking your own personal needs for those of
> everyone else.
Thank you!
IMHO, in the process of revising a HOWTO, all valid information should be
preserved. Reorganized perhaps, but never lost. Under some circumstances
perhaps moved to another document, but not very far away (in any sense).
> > Or do I, as the new author, simply forge ahead
> > and replace the discussion of DNS/DHCP with a
> > discussion of setting up /etc/hosts?
>
> Please don't.
> Rather -- include sections on *both*.
+1
Randy Kramer
> HOWTOs by their very nature unfortunately have to cater for *all* cases --
> even those the writer may have no personal experience of. It's part of
> the 'fun' of writing them.
>
> Cheers,
