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2009-02-04 Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
+ * NEWS: Add Beginner Guide.
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+2009-02-04 Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
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* NEWS: Mention SystemTap Tapset Reference Manual.
2009-02-03 Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org>
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* What's new
+- Systemtap now comes with a new Beginners Guide that walks the user
+ through their first steps setting up stap, understanding how it all
+ works, introduces some useful scripts and describes some common
+ pitfalls. It isn't created by default since it needs a Publican
+ setup, but full build instructions can be found in the wiki:
+ http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/PublicanQuikHowto
+ An online version can be found at:
+ http://sourceware.org/systemtap/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide.pdf
+
- Standard tapsets included with Systemtap were modified to include
extractable documentation information based on the kernel-doc
infrastructure. When configured --enabled-docs a HTML and PDF