discuss: TLDP in Linux distros
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Re: [discuss] TLDP in Linux distros
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Date:
15 Sep 2005 11:56:37 -0000
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> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 12:52:56PM +0000, Machtelt Garrels wrote:
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>> Hello All,
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>> So TLDP is not in every Linux Distribution. We should ask them why and
>> get them to include our docs, no?
> I think Red Hat said why by implying that they were not up-to-date.
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I dug up some old emails (Fall 2002) that I received while
investigating this some time ago. The reasoning (direct
from their Errata) is:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/errata/RHL-7.3-Manual/
Red Hat Linux 7.3 Documentation Errata
...
x86 Documentation CD
...
The LDP HOWTOs and FAQs are not on the Red
Hat Linux 7.3 Documentation CD. Several
complaints were received concerning the
correctness of the LDP documentation as well as
the difference in procedures between the LDP
documentation and the official Red Hat Linux
documentation. Thus, it was decided to no longer
provide the LDP documentation on the Documentation CD.
So there you have it. I have some follow-on emails with an
individual from RH (that worked on the docs package), where
other factors were stated such as:
- it took a fair bit of work to package the HOWTOs in a
reasonably sane way
- they had limited space on CD; no room for their own content
But I think the bottom-line came down to the quality of
the LDP docs (at that time), or a lack there-of.
No further work was done on this and the issue was dropped.
Greg / LDP volunteer
