From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Dec 11 16:18:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20385 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 16:18:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA20377; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 16:18:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA04914; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 00:11:54 GMT (envelope-from nik) Message-ID: <19981212001153.00931@nothing-going-on.org> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 00:11:53 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: HEADS UP: doc/handbook freeze, 16th December Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i Organization: Nik at home, where there's nothing going on Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Folks, this is a heads up message for the Documentation Project, x-posted to -doc and -committers. I intend to freeze the doc/handbook/ portion of the CVS repository[1] at 00:00 GMT on Wednesday 16th December. During the freeze, no new commits should be made to doc/handbook/. At the same time, no commits should be made to doc/en/handbook/ without going through me first. This should allow me to finish merging in changes from the LinuxDoc version of the Handbook to the DocBook version (which is currently a bit of a moving target). If you would like to test the current state of play as regards the conversion of the Handbook to various formats (PS, PDF, HTML, RTF, plain text) please see my message to -doc with the message ID 19981210203033.34618@nothing-going-on.org When the merge is complete I'll post a call for testers to confirm that the DocBook version of the Handbook builds and installs correctly on their machines. After confirmations have come through I'll update doc/Makefile to use doc/en/handbook to generate the Handbook. However, if you're interested in testing this, let me know now and I'll make sure you get e-mailed specifically when it's ready. A few days after that, the LinuxDoc version can die (die! die! die! -- sorry, got a trifle carried away there). Now would also be a good time to consult (and very shortly after this message is sent out you should be able to replace index.html with one of book.html.gz, book.rtf.gz, book.pdf.gz, book.ps.gz, and book.txt.gz) which is a draft of a Doc. Proj. primer for committers and contributers. It's unfinished, but is hopefully sufficiently complete that existing contributers and committers will be able to use it to understand the new Handbook. It also showcases what the output from the conversion process looks like (including the rather spiffy PDF with embedded links). I'd do the same for the Handbook (for those who just want to see it rather than build it) but that'll have to wait until I buy a new hard disk tomorrow. If you're a frequent Handbook contributor, now would also be a good time to take a poke through doc/en/handbook/ and familiarise yourself with it. N [1] Or rather, John Polstra will freeze it for me. In theory, commits will actually be prevented from happening. I'd be grateful if no one tried to test this however. -- C.R.F. Consulting -- we're run to make me richer. . . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message