Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:19:19 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/56729: [patch] artciles/pr-guidelines: explain meaning of MFC Message-ID: <20030912091919.GJ76802@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <200309120820.h8C8KADP072893@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:20:10AM -0700, Christian Brueffer wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 09:19:40AM +0200, Josef El-Rayes wrote:
> >=20
> > --- article.sgml.diff begins here ---
> > --- article.sgml.orig Fri Sep 12 01:30:28 2003
> > +++ article.sgml Fri Sep 12 01:33:04 2003
> > @@ -122,7 +122,12 @@
> > MFCed, then closes it.</para>
> > </listitem>
> > </itemizedlist>
> >=20
> > + <note>
> > + <para>MFC means <quote>Merge From CURRENT</quote>, the action of
> > + merging a tested change from the -CURRENT development branch to=20
> > + the -STABLE branch.</para>
> > + </note>
> > <note>
> > <para>Many PRs are submitted with very little information about
> > the problem, and some are either very complex to solve, or
> > --- article.sgml.diff ends here ---
> >=20
>
> This is already covered in the FAQ. I think if anything, a link should
> suffice.
I agree that it doesn't need to be duplicated in that article (else we'd be
pretty much doing it in every article).
Perhaps we should have a FreeBSD glossary, where all relevant acronyms and
terms are explained. This could then be easily included at the end of
printed works, etc. I'd be prepared to make a start on it, but I'd need
help for sure.
Ceri
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