The FreeBSD Handbook is currently being prepared for publication. This second edition of the Handbook will be fully indexed, use proper diagrams instead of ASCII artwork, and have nearly twice the content of the 1st edition.
There is still a ton of work that needs to be done before September 15th, when the Handbook is scheduled to go off to the presses. If you feel like you can contribute to anything listed below or to any other enhancements you feel the Handbook needs, then please contact the -doc list.
| Task | Responsible | Last updated | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create proposal for Wind River management | Murray | May 17, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add a section on headless installs | Val | May 11, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add a section on installing and using XDM | Seth | May 23, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add section 4.3 on "Using the Packages System". | Chern | June 15, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Fix index generation infrastructure in doc.docbook.mk | Nik | June 19, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add a section on installing and using XFree86 4.x | Chris Shumway | July 11, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add a section on installing and using KDE, Gnome, etc. | Val | June, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add a section about amd | Wylie | May 11, 2001 | Stalled | ||
| Add a chapter about configuration and tuning of FreeBSD | Chern, Murray | July 10, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Write post-processing script to clean up indexing output | -Murray | -June 19, 2001 | -¬started; | -||
| Replace ASCII art with proper figures (17.2.2, 17.6.3, etc..) | Chern | July 11, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Add index entries to Chapters 1-2 | Murray | June 24, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add index entries to Chapters 3-4 | Val | July 11, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add index entries to Chapters 5-6 | Val | July 11, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add index entries to Chapters 7-8 | Val | June 19, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add index entries to Chapters 9-10 | Murray | June 24, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add index entries to Chapters 11-12 | Murray | June 30, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add index entries to Chapter 13 | -Chris | +Val | July 11, 2001 | -&inprogress; | +&done; |
| Add index entries to Chapter 14-15 | Murray | June 30, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Add index entries to Chapters 21-22 | Val | July 20, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Fix cross-referencing tags to look better in the print output. | Murray | July 20, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Add a tuneable knob to remove PGP keys in print output | Murray | July 11, 2001 | &done; | ||
| Clear up copyright issues | Nik | July 11, 2001 | ¬started; | ||
| Enclose author attributions in proper tag | Murray | July 20, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Standardize spelling of technical terms | Murray, Chern | July 20, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Make sure all filenames, commands, applications, hostnames, etc are marked up properly | Murray, Chern | July 20, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Write collateattributions.pl script to generate a appendix full of contributing authors. | Murray | July 11, 2001 | ¬started; | ||
| Fix index entries that show up as ??? | Chern | August 6, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Rewrite most of the X11 chapter and get rid of all of Greg Lehey's original content. | Murray | July 20, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Update PPP/SLIP chapter | rope Brian Somers into it ;) | ¬started; | |||
| Update Serial chapter | -Nik | +Murray | - | ¬started; | +&inprogress; |
| Get rid of Appendix F | Murray | July 13 | &done; | ||
| Move out-of-scope chapters into Developer's Handbook | Murray | July 19 | &done; | ||
| Enhance chapter header print output in stylesheets. | Murray | July 19 | -&inprogress; | +&done; | |
| Setup a WRS CVS server for the last phase of editing | Murray, Seth | ¬started; | |||
| Remove outdated chapters and appendices from local CVS tree. | Murray | June 21, 2001 | ¬started; | ||
| Add simple illustrations at the beginning of each Part. | Ellen / WRS Art | July 20, 2001 | ¬started; | ||
| Add admonition graphics for Note, Caution, Warning, Tip. | Ellen / WRS Art | July 20, 2001 | ¬started; | ||
| Rewrite Install chapter with sysinstall screenshots, etc from Randy Pratt's install guide. | Murray, Randy Pratt | July 20, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Update and add more content to Introduction chapter. | rope jkh into it | July 20, 2001 | ¬started; | ||
| Rewrite "synopsis" sections to 'standard' (see the sound chapter for a sample). | Murray, Nik | July 29, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Update backups chapter | Murray | July 20, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Mark up bibliography properly | Val | -August 2, 2001 | -&inprogress; | +August 7, 2001 | +&done; | +
| Integrate new bibliography framework | ++ | August 7, 2001 | +¬started; | ||
| Write colophon | Murray | August 2, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Make front matter look better | Murray | August 2, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Review chapters 1-3 for grammatical errors. | Chern | May 11, 2001 | ¬started; | ||
| Review chapters 4-6 for grammatical errors. | Seth | May 11, 2001 | ¬started; | ||
| Review the rest of the book for grammatical errors. | Jim | August 5, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Finish DocBook Speller's dictionary and setup nightly cronjob to spell check the Handbook's new additions. | Chern | August 6, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Add a section on inetd in Advanced Networking. | Chern | August 6, 2001 | &inprogress; | ||
| Make sure all section titles are capitalized properly | ++ | August 7, 2001 | +¬started; | +||
| Remove gratuitous Q/A sections in favor of more formal text. | ++ | August 7, 2001 | +¬started; | +