From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 29 19:58:57 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E371E3A for ; Wed, 29 May 2013 19:58:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-pb0-x233.google.com (mail-pb0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c01::233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26D255F2 for ; Wed, 29 May 2013 19:58:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f51.google.com with SMTP id jt11so9653436pbb.10 for ; Wed, 29 May 2013 12:58:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=MEQfBojWjXyGYgLeGX7KIDrEZtjffETndD9UiXmaqO8=; b=LIP4oJGndK1zGfk3BL0StWE729TvbRk/MU1ciZ3YR8JDzq2vb8yL1OeApJEydBkLU3 mBdaPnJ5wjtZblGRJHCDkIAxeInJgonch9mC+rNUQchtcTTIA14ENYnY2LPqTT+i8ykx /1zIPBYZCGbeYr+yRYAtyKe+BP/m6+k2SeXhU= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=MEQfBojWjXyGYgLeGX7KIDrEZtjffETndD9UiXmaqO8=; b=NrT7MRFjegtzhqi6SKWItcs5eWh+RJAsrl5YCmkxqukUSYNBNQpcwvNxekUGnhEvyp Qgmz4pCXM+dcqAWln2CE/CBuWTW2Ae4SuTOpr14H8FOJGG9Hn27ns73oZwyXrd9htT4m KEcNeeovVVt4pUIB6vZqKXpk9e0NoKiEyzjn4UxDEHUhnXAgaeKBqRvyxvnIIRhClmCp JBH1cU2eV/fTHrw0sD4pcShtr3cixVT7F/Pq9LLMMz7tN+7EK7ndefOFOz0MRvpyutwL dQiT0Yke6/4H7KY59q/qmVC3E2AHnf8qQwDGseuFK2lO8b2fH4Cr4dv8iEDBXe3zuWHh WloA== X-Received: by 10.66.27.243 with SMTP id w19mr4845805pag.180.1369857536918; Wed, 29 May 2013 12:58:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lists@eitanadler.com Received: by 10.70.84.100 with HTTP; Wed, 29 May 2013 12:58:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201305272027.r4RKR3Bv045154@svn.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 21:58:25 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: zoDnjCgkbn7DFWPSItjEu9jgGFQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r41755 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction To: Benjamin Kaduk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlyvypA/HYEVqbloquA08SuZU18IXiyEe4qKGhM+sUuCIjzdIK8AHB559XoERTnC+iUjSnW Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 19:58:57 -0000 On 28 May 2013 20:15, Benjamin Kaduk 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 @@ >> >> + Since that time, &os; has made a series of releases each >> + time improving the stability, speed, and feature set of the >> + previous version. > > > 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