Re: Local vs. online docs

[Telsa Gwynne <hobbit aloss ukuu org uk>]

It's amazing how many emails pile up in just three days away.

On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 03:08:29PM +1000 or thereabouts, skud@netizen.com.au wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 11:55:52PM -0500, battery841@mypad.com wrote:
> > 	Should we keep all documents local, online, or both?  Or should we just leave it as it is: some are online, some aren't.
> 
> Speaking from a position of near-total ignorance as to how
> things actually work, I think the ideal situation would be to have docs
> optionally installable for all packages, then when you go looking for
> help the process would be:
> 
> - are there local docs? 
> 	- YES: show them
> 	- NO: This document is not available locally. Either install it
> 	  by doing blah, or see the <a href="foo">online version</a>

I don't know about how you'd do the optional install thing, but I
like the process you suggest. Telling people what they could try next
rather than leaving them with a "now I'm stuck" dead-end sounds good
to me.

Telsa