Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 21:58:25 +0200 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r41755 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction Message-ID: <CAF6rxgnAuJ2XgAteVDRm564hZODeM4bssYOjKEVKOPjyuCHkiQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1305281349190.9389@multics.mit.edu> References: <201305272027.r4RKR3Bv045154@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1305281349190.9389@multics.mit.edu>
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On 28 May 2013 20:15, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 27 May 2013, Eitan Adler wrote: > >> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.xml >> >> ============================================================================== >> --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.xml >> Mon May 27 20:04:01 2013 (r41754) >> +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.xml >> Mon May 27 20:27:03 2013 (r41755) >> @@ -654,83 +644,13 @@ >> >> + <para>Since that time, &os; has made a series of releases each >> + time improving the stability, speed, and feature set of the >> + previous version.</para> > > > I don't think this is true, in particular I think that many sites considered > 5.0 to be a regression (presumably due to the effects of Giant). When writing this the 5.x branch explicitly came to my mind. I was not sure how to address it though. > It would probably be better to say that the series of releases strove to > produce a modern, stable, and fast OS, or something similar. I'd prefer if someone with a bit more historical background than I have would write a paragraph discussing the changes between 4, 5, and 6. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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