Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:10:17 -0700 From: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsd.org> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20030803151017.C8088@freebsdmall.com> In-Reply-To: <20030802204115.GE395@FreeBSD.org>; from simon@freebsd.org on Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 10:41:16PM %2B0200 References: <200308022033.h72KXuo9033373@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030802204115.GE395@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 10:41:16PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> I'm currently finishing off a large patch (5800 lines patch and still
> counting) to add trademark information to the entire doc/ tree, so
> please hold any trademark changes until it has been committed.
I think it would be better to make these changes in more frequent
batches. There's no need to hold off for one big mega-patch that will
just make it harder to review.
Also, I think it's very easy to go overboard with this and by batching
it up all at once you don't give us the opportunity to tell you to
slow down.
Please review common books by O'Reilly and others before adding a
trademark on every instance of the word Linux or NetBSD, for example,
which is certainly not necessary.
When we introduce a product for the first time in the Handbook, we
definitely want a trademark symbol. Other instances are more
debatable. If we really have to add 5800 trademark signs, then it's
almost certainly preferable to just use a more generic word.
- Murray
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