Re: GRUB 2 documentation

[Khaled Hosny]

On 6/26/07, Marco Gerards <address@hidden> wrote:
> shirish <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> >      I see this bug
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=333516 about
> > documentation , what is the status of that, we are waiting for grub 2
> > to hit stable before the documentation is written or what?
>
> Well, you can't write 100% accurate documentation now, but GRUB 2 will
> never be finished (as in: software is never finished), so you do not
> have to wait.  Better start now and improve as we go along.
>
> Did you read the texinfo documentation from GRUB Legacy?  This is the
> quality I am hoping for.  So not a manpage, but good documentation
> that explains all features, etc.
>
> Really, documentation is as important as the code itself.  I would
> become really happy if you would be willing to work on this.  You
> don't need many technical skills and there are enough people around
> who are willing to help you, when questions arise.
>
> Do you want to work on this?  It is a big job, but you can learn a lot
> from this.
>
> --
> Marco

I'd like to work on this, any idea where to begin? should I start with
grub legacy documentation and update/remove/add information to match
that of grub2 or should I start from scratch?

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