A Modest Proposal for a New Guide

[Rahul Sundaram]

John Babich wrote:
> Karsten:
> 
> POINT #1 - THE EXISTING YUM GUIDE REVEALED
> 
>  > If you missed this, it is mainly because we are so poorly organized at
>  > revealing docs to users:
>  >
>  > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/index.html
>  >
>  > It needs updating for FC6.  Being an existing guide, it is a *great* way
>  > to dive into DocBook.
> ...
>  > The layout of the module needs to be modernized; we can work with you to
>  > make that happen, then it will build nicely and be ready for
>  > translation.
>  >
> 
> After I sent my initial email, I compiled a list of links and discovered
> the existing yum guide. I saw a copyright date of 2006 and saw that it was
> edited by Paul Frields et al. I assumed that the guide was being actively
> maintained. Now I know differently.
> 

This was one of the guides that I was planning on updating into a 
"software package management guide" covering Yum, Pirut and Pup. I would 
prefer to work on the wiki.

Rahul