discuss: Rewriting old documents
Subject:
Re: Rewriting old documents
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Date:
24 Feb 2016 13:43:10 +0000
Message-Id: <201602240837.45157.rhkramer@gmail.com>
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> From: "J. S. Evans" ####@####.####
> Date: 2/24/2016 6:15 AM (GMT-05:00)
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> Subject: Rewriting old documents
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> Hi all,
>
> What's the best way to take over an old document. I'd like to do a
> complete re-write of ''Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO''. Would
> it be better to write an entirely new document while giving attribution to
> the original document and it's owner or edit the existing document and
> wiping out huge amounts of existing text that is no longer viable today
> (e.g. backing up with zip drives, etc.)?
I would like to see the document written so that there were what I'll call
high level and (optionally) low level instructions. In the case of backing up
with zip drives, I'd suggest (unless the document title is something like
"Backing up with Zip Drives") that first general instructions be given that
would apply to backing up on (almost?) any local device, followed by sections
(if necessary / appropriate) to backing up with zip drives, external USB
drives, ...
Among other advantages, then, in the future, the document could be updated
(when zip drives are obsolete, which I suppose they are ;-), the section on
zip drives could be deleted (although I might suggest leaving a statement in
the document under the zip drive heading saying something like "section
removed, last version was published in version x.y..z of this document which
is available in the archives of LDP".
And, new devices would be added new sections.
