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Bug 42183 - Database for Unofficial HOWTOs Needed
Summary: Database for Unofficial HOWTOs Needed
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2004-02-19 13:23 UTC by Henri
Modified: 2004-02-24 03:09 UTC (History)
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Description Henri 2004-02-19 13:23:23 UTC
Gentoo Forums are full of great howtos,
but finding them is difficult. So I
propose that new database or at least
webpage to be established.

Howtos would be added by writers.
Howtos would last one year at list
if not renewed. Some sort of hierarchy
or categorization would be nice.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-02-24 03:09:58 UTC
The forums have a search functionality. Okay, it doesn't work completely as it should, but it's difficult for us to provide a database. Not only are the howtos on the forum outside our reach (if the howtos mention wrong information we cannot easily update it) they are also way to dynamic and there is hardly any QA (yet alone that bugreporting is totally different for forum issues). 

What can be done is to migrate the howtos that are really interesting into GuideXML, but linking to the forums is a no-go.