Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:33:32 +0100 From: Dirk GOUDERS <gouders@et.bocholt.fh-ge.de> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My wish list for 6.1 Message-ID: <200512201533.jBKFXW8v070613@musashi.et.bocholt.fh-gelsenkirchen.de> In-Reply-To: Message from Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> of "Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:22:54 GMT." <20051220142254.GD68989@submonkey.net>
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> This is exactly the idea that I have been pimping to anyone who will > listen for the last three months or so. I also think that it is > advantageous for users who are using, say 4.2, to be able to find > documentation for 4.2 without having to interpret a nest of "if you have > 4.x do this, if 5.0 through 5.3 do that, else do the other". I don't > think it's a lot of work to just branch the handbook (and FAQ > if we decide to keep it) - in fact, for me, it would be a definite win - > at release time, but it just doesn't seem to be what other people want > done. I would like to add that I could imagine that it would be easier for authors to just change/add some documentation that matches the target release and not to have to think about "if version=something else ..." constructs. Also, sometimes it is good to be able to just throw away things that are out-of-date. > I would encourage those interested to ask about it on doc@. Well, I would be surprised if that hasn't already been discussed. Have to search the archives... Dirk
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