8 May 2012 21:42
Re: PSD, SMM and USD manuals [was: Re: Shell tutorial added]
David Holland <dholland-tech <at> netbsd.org>
2012-05-08 19:42:09 GMT
2012-05-08 19:42:09 GMT
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 06:15:46PM -0400, James K. Lowden wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:56:51 +0200
> > Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps <at> kth.se> wrote:
> >
> > > >> Finally, I question that anyone will find particularly relevant
> > > >> documentation about the NetBSD operating system in the year 2010
> > > >> from /usr/src/share/doc/{psd,smm,usd}. That said, kudos to Perry
> > > >> E. for updating some of these.
> > > >
> > > > I semi-regularly use these documents for reference purposes.
> > >
> > > I'm curious: who else uses these? Can there be a bit of show of
> > > hands?
>
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:09:10 -0400
> Matthew Mondor <mm_lists <at> pulsar-zone.net> wrote:
> >
> > I can't say I used them regularily, but I was surprised to find those
> > there when I started using NetBSD (as they were not installed), and
> > read some of those which interested me. At some point I also fell on
> > a partial collection of postscript-converted old BSD documents which
> > were also a pleasure to read.
>
> That was my experience, too. NetBSD is a place to learn,
> and /usr/share/doc is one place to do it. There should be more, not
> less, there.
Yes, as I've said before, /usr/share/doc should be where one goes for
major documentation. One of these days I will find time to get around
to fixing the infrastructure for it.
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