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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2006-07-09 13:45:21 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2006-07-09 13:45:21 +0000
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-Work started, 5/27/2003. Update 11/9/2003:
-
Here is the new manual. It is in Docbook XML format, which is
becoming the new standard for documentation. The advantages include
more precise tagging, figure and table support, and a very strongly
@@ -11,30 +9,10 @@ way you think they should:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/docbook/chapter/book/docbook.html
-So far, there are files corresponding to all the sections of the old
-manual except for 'tech-info' and 'kernel'. There are also some new
-sections like 'using-d-i' and 'modules'. The document structure is
-mapped out in docstruct.xml. We need to think about how that works for
-other languages.
-
-Denis is looking into l10n systems for DocBook, particularly poxml
-which was used in the KDE docs.
-
-See doc/manual/build/README for build instructions.
-
-For the future, big plans^Wdreams:
-
-* Incorporate whatever is practical from the progeny manual.
-* Screen shots.
-* Quick Start section for techies that just need a reminder.
-* Quick Start section for newbies.
-* Add lots of pointers to the Debian Reference.
+For more information about the manual, see:
+http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/
-As much as possible, let's try to hide the gruesome details, so they
-are there if you need them and out of your way if not. Whenever
-something is covered well in an existing document like the Debian
-Reference (source at qref.sourceforge.net), please reference it with a
-URL to www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference instead of
-incorporating the text.
+All help is welcome! Send suggestions to the debian-boot list. Patches
+can be submitted against the package installation-guide.
-All help is welcome! Submit patches to the debian-boot list.
+Last update: 09 July 2006