On Wednesday 08 November 2006 17:19, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:10:34 -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Monday 06 November 2006 10:02, Greg Folkert wrote: > >> Couple of lists I am on, the matter of factly answers are all RTFM > >> with exact locations and nothing else. > > > > If that is the case, the developers need to rewrite the manual in a > > way which is understood by others. The content is probably OK but > > may need reorganization. Getting RTFM questions does not always mean > > that the reader is/was lazy to search for answers... > > > > just my 2 cents raju > > Your 2 cents would go a lot further if you actually provided > a patch for the documentation -- since you are a user, and presumably > know better than the developers what is actually understandable, the > problem is more likely to get fixed. > > May we depend on your contribution to make the documentation > better? >
Yes, indeed. What is the point of preaching others if I dont do it myself? If I am using a software package and if I feel that newbies are having trouble with the documentation, I will definitely try to make it better in whatever way I can ... For example, sometime back this list used to be flooded with "which distribution should I install - stable, testing, unstable?" and other similar questions. I asked those questions to be included in some sort of FAQ. Upon receiving no official response, I tried to put whatever I know in http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/debian_choosing_distribution.html etc., I do not normally send patches because there is no guarantee that they will be accepted after you put in all the effort. Instead I try to update corresponding entries in wiki.debian.net etc., raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
