Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 10:15:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Costello <chris@holly.dyndns.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/11190: [Patch] doc/en/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml out of date Message-ID: <199904171515.KAA09442@holly.dyndns.org>
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>Number: 11190
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [Patch] doc/en/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml out of date
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Apr 17 08:20:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Chris Costello
>Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
no
>Environment:
Not applicable.
>Description:
Various out of date data -- says FreeBSD is 4.4BSD-Lite instead of
Lite2, GPL acronyms are incorrect, 3.1 is already released so I
changed it to ``3.2 will be released in mid May''
>How-To-Repeat:
Read the handbook ...
>Fix:
Index: chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml 1999/03/08 22:04:42 1.10
+++ chapter.sgml 1999/04/17 14:23:56
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
- <para>FreeBSD is a 4.4BSD-Lite based operating system for Intel architecture
+ <para>FreeBSD is a 4.4BSD-Lite2 based operating system for Intel architecture
(x86) based PCs. For an overview of FreeBSD, see <link
linkend="nutshell">FreeBSD in a nutshell</link>. For a history of the
project, read <link linkend="history">a brief history of FreeBSD</link>.
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>FreeBSD is based on the 4.4BSD-Lite release from Computer Systems
+ <para>FreeBSD is based on the 4.4BSD-Lite2 release from Computer Systems
Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California at Berkeley, and
carries on the distinguished tradition of BSD systems development. In
addition to the fine work provided by CSRG, the FreeBSD Project has put
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@
the 2.2 branch, 2.2.8, appeared in November, 1998.</para>
<para>The tree branched again on Jan 20, 1999. This led to 4.0-current
- and a 3.x-stable branch, from which 3.1 will be released on February
- 15th, 1999.</para>
+ and a 3.x-stable branch, from which 3.2 will be released in mid May.
+ </para>
<para>Long term development projects will continue to take place in the
4.0-current branch and SNAPshot releases of 4.0 on CDROM (and, of
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@
most fundamental goals of Free Software and one that we enthusiastically
support.</para>
- <para>That code in our source tree which falls under the GNU Public
- License (GPL) or GNU Library Public License (GLPL) comes with slightly
+ <para>That code in our source tree which falls under the GNU General Public
+ License (GPL) or Library General Public License (LGPL) comes with slightly
more strings attached, though at least on the side of enforced access
rather than the usual opposite. Due to the additional complexities that
can evolve in the commercial use of GPL software, we do, however,
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
<sect1 id="relnotes">
<title>About the Current Release</title>
- <para>FreeBSD is a freely available, full source 4.4BSD-Lite based release
+ <para>FreeBSD is a freely available, full source 4.4BSD-Lite2 based release
for Intel i386/i486/Pentium/PentiumPro/Pentium II (or compatible) based
PC's. It is based primarily on software from U.C. Berkeley's CSRG
group, with some enhancements from NetBSD, OpenBSD, 386BSD, and the Free
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