I think this developer info should be integrated into the docs, if it isn't already:
http://www.infiniteinfo.com/openacs/things2remember.html
This info could help on updating the freebsd docs (and perhaps integrating them into the linux docs):
https://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=51195
https://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=51126
Also, I think it's time the doc-associated forums are created as discussed in:
https://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=44661