On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 04:54:50PM +1000, Tony Nugent wrote:
> - one to describe the overall changes (eg, the installer, new
> or replaced/deleted packages, new features, default desktop
> changes, overall stuff like that).
The "WhatsNew" section of the Install Guide has much of that
info. When not buying a boxed set, the documentation can be had from
RedHat's web site.
> - another one with MUCH more technical detail that is geared
> towards system administrators. This would be particularly
> valuable for someone like myself who is administering lots
> of (redhat) linux boxes. Examples of this for 6.0->6.1
> would be the new standalone identd to replace the one run
> from inetd, the enhanced xdmcp capabilities of gdm, the
> sparse filesystem being created by default... the sort of
> information that is essential for system administrators,
> home or small-business network hackers or other experienced
> redhat users to know about. (Kernel changes should be part
> of this too).
Well, I think that we really have two seperate items here:
1. Added functionality, through package updates
2. Incompatible behaviour changes
The first is really information that the software developers must
provide, in one way or the other. Its not very critical in my opinion:
If you don't know it, you'll lose some functionality, but thats it. It
won't hurt you.
The second item *will* hurt administrators if they don't know about
it. Examples include kernel updates, which have a big effect on how
many subsystems are configured (for example, ipfwadm vs ipchains), the
open-relay vs. non open-relay sendmails, etc, etc.
It has been suggested to use a faq-o-matic for this purpose, where
admins can help themselves by gathering knowledge about common
pitfalls. This is usefull only if used together with the RawHide
releases. Its not a substitute for good documentation from the guys
who are responsible ;-)
Regards,
---Ingo Luetkebohle / 21st Century Digital Boy
Confident, cocky, lazy, dead.
[J. Dread, Otherland]
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