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Date:      Sun, 28 May 2006 19:05:20 +0200
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Remko Lodder <remko@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: www/en/docproj todo.sgml
Message-ID:  <20060528170520.GB79291@abigail.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <4479B395.8040603@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200605281300.k4SD00HO033065@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060528142347.GA79291@abigail.blackend.org> <4479B395.8040603@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote:
> Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> >On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 01:00:00PM +0000, Remko Lodder wrote:
> >>remko       2006-05-28 13:00:00 UTC
> >>
> >>  FreeBSD doc repository
> >>
> >>  Modified files:
> >>    en/docproj           todo.sgml 
> >>  Log:
> >>  Add a TODO item for updating the -entire- handbook from 4.X to 5.X and
> >>  later, while leaving the 4.X information on the background.
> >
> >I may be wrong but it seems this doesn't help and collides with other
> >next items in the list.  If some parts need an update they must be
> >clearly mentioned, this would help to know where some changes are
> >needed.  4.X support should be dropped and not reorganized; since
> >4.11-RELEASE Handbook is available at http://docs.freebsd.org/doc/ there
> >is no need, most of time, to talk about 4.X.
> >
> >Marc
> 
> So you are waving the flag: Kill the 4.X specific stuff? Since that
> would make my life much easier as the only remaining translator
> for the NL project...

The first lines of the Handbook say:
"This handbook covers the installation and day to day use of FreeBSD
5.5-RELEASE and FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE."  We should not worry about 4.X
when it does not bring anything interesting; "old things" must be
updated when they still exist in 5.X, etc.

Marc



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