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On 2/20/2012 9:16 AM, Daniel Ruggeri wrote:
> 
> So far this documentation doesn't seem to deal with build activities
> which is where the conversation has grown... I'm not sure it should.

I disagree.  I wrote paragraphs of build docs for more than one platform.

If the docs need to improve, let's improve them :)

> Suffice to say I learned a lot of stuff through trial and error

My entire (PC) holiday was spent with trial and error on PulseAudio, so
I totally know where you are coming from :)  You'll note that the windows
platform docs were split between using and compiling.  If we created a
rather more in-depth grid of architectures with admin and build pages,
the entire doc-set would be more manageable.  +1