discuss: Some ideas for TLDP
Subject:
Re: Some ideas for TLDP
From:
Daniel Pocock ####@####.####
Date:
9 Jan 2016 18:06:16 +0000
Message-Id: <56914C51.7020409@pocock.pro>
On 09/01/16 18:59, jdd wrote:
> Le 09/01/2016 13:18, J. S. Evans a écrit :
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Where is TLDP today? Looking at the site, I see some really good
>> information
>> and a lot of info that is plainly outdated.
>
> as far as I now, LDP is mostly dead. Nowadays most people writes docs on
> they own blog...
>
>> - Move away from DocBook 4 to something a little more modern and
>> preferably
>> user friendly like LyX.
>
> LyX, modern :-)) - it's the first text processor I used ten years ago
> :-) (not to say it's bad) and AFAIR it can export to docbook.
>
> And we have the wiki for people wanting to use easy to write interface
>
>> in years. Some going back to 2008 and before. TLDP is an amazing
>> idea, why
>> aren't we utilizing it for it's maximum value?
>
> because too few people care...
That is a little too coarse
- today, most people are always online, so they search for stuff in
Google rather than a book. In the early days of LDP, many people were
still on dial-up modems and they would download documentation to read later.
- many things change quickly making books outdated, just look at init
systems for Linux, or all the things we've had for managing /dev
That said, people still need some books, usually for information that is
more long lasting. People won't volunteer to write a detailed book
about an API that will be obsolete in two years though.
Regards,
Daniel
