From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 14 02:16:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF13337B401; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 02:16:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust38.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D337743F3F; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 02:16:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.20) id 19nEE2-000CHh-BF; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:16:54 +0100 Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:16:54 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey Message-ID: <20030814091654.GI39980@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Greg 'groggy' Lehey , Tom Rhodes , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, "Simon L. Nielsen" References: <200308122008.h7CK8F9D074923@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030813054823.GP23460@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030813084125.GA408@FreeBSD.org> <20030813100234.778637ae.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20030813233932.GA23460@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="KaGhPsiNaI6/sRd6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030813233932.GA23460@wantadilla.lemis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: Tom Rhodes cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" Subject: Re: docs/55122: Handbook should mention that gdbe can't be used with vinum volumes X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:16:57 -0000 --KaGhPsiNaI6/sRd6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:09:32AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 13 August 2003 at 10:02:34 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:41:27 +0200 > > "Simon L. Nielsen" wrote: > > > >> On 2003.08.13 15:18:23 +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >>> On Tuesday, 12 August 2003 at 13:08:15 -0700, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > >>>> Synopsis: Handbook should mention that gdbe can't be used with vinum= volumes > >>>> > >>>> Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->simon > >>>> Responsible-Changed-By: simon > >>>> Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Aug 12 13:07:47 PDT 2003 > >>>> Responsible-Changed-Why: > >>>> I will handle this one. > >>> > >>> Please close the PR. We don't document -CURRENT; we document -STABLE. > >>> Until things have finished developing, there's no way to know what can > >>> be used with what. > >> > >> Actually we document both the latest 5.X and 4.X releases in the > >> handbook, otherwise there would be no mention of 5.X only features like > >> gbde. > > > > Greg has a valid point; however, because it could 'just not be complete= '. > > > > A simple note "As of this writing, gdbe cannot work with Vinum volumes." > > I can see how making the note would definatly be documenting for 5.X, > > but it should not be some huge paragraph. >=20 > My concern is that this would require another modification, another > PR. If we did this for every transient incompatibility in -CURRENT, > we wouldn't have time for anything else. It shouldn't be put in the > documentation. As a user trying to get it working, I'd be very happy to see it in the documentation. It *should* be there, just the same as we have BUGS sections in manpages. When it does work, I'm sure that we'll notice. Ceri --=20 User: DO YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR? Iniaes: Sure, I can accept all forms of payment. -- www.chatterboxchallenge.com --KaGhPsiNaI6/sRd6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/O1OGocfcwTS3JF8RAkXYAJwLCp32NegleZqAmKSdhS67D0uAYgCeKI5h LMyLLCfkB1Cbjhy7TmBkruo= =dmPA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KaGhPsiNaI6/sRd6--