discuss: possible to build an extensible documentation ?
Subject:
Re: [discuss] possible to build an extensible documentation ?
From:
"Alexey Eremenko" ####@####.####
Date:
10 May 2006 17:31:26 -0000
Message-Id: <7fac565a0605101031q3fd7f5ffmf48038b1c1eb9632@mail.gmail.com>
On 5/10/06, Rohit Patil ####@####.#### wrote:
> Alexey, Sounds like a good idea so far. Can you describe it some more?
>-Rohit.
OK - very nice.
Look - I would like to make a documentation describing Linux - but
there is one problem - there are too many versions of Linux. Every
version (distro) today tends to write it's own books, docs, and stuff
like that. Unfortunately not everything can be done in a cross-distro
manner - because when I speak about some topics - there are no clear
standard - one such topic is package management. While RPM is the most
used package manager, it's not the only-one.
One possible solution to the problem of writing Linux documentation -
is to write it in a modular way, with GPL license applied. Modular
design of documentation will allow me to write the core book -
"generic" Linux commands, that are supported by virtually all Linuxes,
and depend heavily on distro-specific modules. GPL license is required
to ensure that *all* future users & authors will always have it
open-source, free of charge. Also modular design will allow more
authors to write simultaneously.
The current available books are from Slackware, TLDP, SUSE/Novell,
Mandriva, Debian and other camps.... The goal is to create a single
book to fit all... possible ?
Is it desirable ?
Is it the right way of doing things?
