Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:00:20 GMT From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/86342: bikeshed entry of Handbook is wrong Message-ID: <201102251900.p1PJ0Kl8008739@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/86342; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>
To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, mi@aldan.algebra.com
Cc:
Subject: Re: docs/86342: bikeshed entry of Handbook is wrong
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:50:23 -0500
Since no one else opted to do this I decided to actually make the patch
Index: article.sgml
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/mailing-list-faq/article.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.8 article.sgml
--- article.sgml 14 Nov 2009 22:20:12 -0000 1.8
+++ article.sgml 25 Feb 2011 18:29:45 -0000
@@ -492,12 +492,10 @@
<title>What Is A "Bikeshed"?</title>
<para>Literally, a <literal>bikeshed</literal> is a small outdoor
shelter into which one may store one's two-wheeled form of
- transportation. However, in &os; parlance, the word is a
- derogatory term that refers to any oft-recurring discussion
- about a particular subject; in particular, it is most often used
- to refer to a topic which has never reached a consensus within
- the &os; community, and instead remains controversial. (The
- genesis of this term is explained in more detail <ulink
+ transportation. However, in &os; parlance, the word is
+ a metaphor indicating that you need not argue about every
+ little feature just because you know enough to do so.
+ (The genesis of this term is explained in more detail <ulink
url="&url.books.faq;/misc.html#BIKESHED-PAINTING">
in this document</ulink>). You simply must have a working
knowledge of this concept before posting to any &os; mailing
--
Eitan Adler
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