From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 15:36:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B3816A4FE; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:36:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8131943D2F; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:36:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (acs-24-154-239-170.zoominternet.net [24.154.239.170]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i7HFaE0l075046 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:36:15 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:36:49 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Hiroki Sato Message-Id: <20040817113649.0c60a790@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20040818.002504.07648782.hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp> References: <20040818.002504.07648782.hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TODO items for 5.3R X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:36:17 -0000 On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:25:04 +0900 (JST) Hiroki Sato wrote: > > - Installation Notes > > Some parts are outdated. doc/70485 has been committed, but more > work is needed to reflect the realities. bmah@ pointed out > that we should have "quick-start" installation guide for > each platform instead of the current ones because they become > too long and difficult to be maintained. Bruce Mah sunk my battle ship! Heh, to be honest, Bruce and I were talking about this a LONG time ago and now that I have a sparc64 machine, I'm actually going to get started on it. :) > > - "5.X" will be -STABLE > > We think 5.X is the mainstream now, so sentences like "if you are > using 5.X..." have to be removed, and "if you are using 4.X..." should > be added instead. And although I am not sure if sections for > Kerberos 4 and Vinum are reasonably applicable to 5.X, they > should possibly be revised. > > - X.org > > The handbook includes a section "The X Window System," but this is > mainly for XFree86. Although the difference is not so large from the > point of view of configuration, we should mention both of X.org and > XFree86. > > - rc.d scripts > > Ch.11.4 and 11.5 of the handbook must be updated to mention > the new rc.d scripts and some ports use /etc/rc.conf for their > configuration. Blah, I have a personal TODO list for this. There is just to much over my head right now. > > - kernel configuration section and IPsec section > > Ch.8 and Ch.14.10 of the handbook must be updated since some > parts are outdated. > > > Yes, I know some PRs have already been submitted for these items, > but I would like to clarify what we have to do here. I am looking into > the PR database and sorting them now. > > Comments? If you have other additional items and/or comments, > please let me know. See above, I wouldn't mind writing an installation chapter or section or walkthrough for each platform. -- Tom Rhodes