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Michael W. Lucas wrote:
> So, I'm looking at the acknowledgements page.  I have to say, I think
> it's outdated.
> 
> Of the people who are named, two of them (jkh and wollman) last
> committed 4 years ago.  Many, many people have contributed since then.
> pds has been gone for years.
> 
> I see a few options:
> 
> a) ignore the acknowledgements page, and enjoy how decrepit it is
>     becoming.  This is the default.
> 
> b) update the acknowledgements page, going through the PR database and
>     the commit log to get a proper list of names.
> 
> c) update the acknowledgements page by deleting names and writing
>     something along the lines of "hundreds if not thousands of people
>     have contributed to the FAQ over the last ten years, and we thank
>     them all."
> 
> d) delete the acknowledgements page.
> 
> Any preferences?  I would say, in order: C, D, A, and someone else
> doing B.
> 
> ==ml
> 

C:

And perhaps something like the Handbook?

Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to day 
use of FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE and FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE. This manual is a 
work in progress and is the work of many individuals.

(Hm reminds me that we might need to bump the 5.X-RELEASE stuff)

and please do not post to doc@ and freebsd-doc@ :)

Cheers

-- 
Kind regards,

      Remko Lodder  ** remko@elvandar.org
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      FreeBSD Documentation Project  ** remko@FreeBSD.org