Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 09:28:03 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>, "ports@FreeBSD.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removing documentation Message-ID: <20160209082803.GE1141@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <56B99D2D.4030402@gmail.com> References: <bug-206922-273-PXN38rlW5F@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> <bug-206922-273-YnY5vf8jP1@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> <bug-206922-273-kkQfWZPv1w@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> <20160207000304.GA71035@eureka.lemis.com> <CAN6yY1vcdXfs_Lwbcfcd8JUgK_LNjXwZzKNzoz2-DBjeM%2BBXcA@mail.gmail.com> <56B99D2D.4030402@gmail.com>
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--Uwl7UQhJk99r8jnw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 04:02:53PM +0800, Ernie Luzar wrote: > Kevin Oberman wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> > > wrote: > >=20 > >> I'm bringing this to the attention of the ports community to try to > >> come up with a consensus about how to handle existing documentation > >> for ageing packages, in this case portmaster. > >> > >> This bug report suggests removing the documentation for portmaster > >> because it is out of date and no longer maintained. > >> >=20 >=20 > 3 or 4 years ago the handbook never recommended any port. Only utility=20 > tools contained in the base release were allowed to be documented in the= =20 > handbook. This standard should be enforced again. The tool portmaster=20 > and ezjail should be removed from the handbook or be included as part of= =20 > the base system release. I would be sad to see any documentation about the package manager going away =66rom the handbook. I would be sad to see any documentation about X configuration (which where = there for sure 3 or 4 years ago going away) I would be sad to see any documentation about ldap going away (iirc also ol= der than 3 or 4 years ago) What about the http documentation, thhe samba one? Clearly the handbook has always documented tools that are not available in = base. Best regards, Bapt --Uwl7UQhJk99r8jnw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWuaMTAAoJEGOJi9zxtz5aFdoQAKYOId50vxFwcZ9GuxeV+dMd O/x8NtkJMiDVt0y38AzZ8i0rSPgB9hH76WSjlwyUY5ZOJFUG3TMAlHjU+0B4RdwY Hx1Ir8G7mRh7o5m2pOV4ehqUvdNrSV+nsJRo342bonhq5ivoIRwvQjutUTPpKLpa MXA36hrQY3iesaZN5v0zPz2aCd+G+JPklIcX7e6mIVUUe/tmc0QalzFbV+XLCCTN Tv9CMMGSIw4omWVKsLIwiMavhRtZklPBZcqAHfaeXd3D+i0kR8mHs9zFXRM+pz3F iEOqLjU/XTT1a2AAqtq9EPgFesWcKFUiZghKCBkCwi9Je8mcCwUDXNmWz0U7a80V SlDj4zYDucA1pzB6UrQ2ghOy2SsCFkfML8ZRIiWVtTgJqEbEg//CuVhgRRp1rjaG Yibh/pFqFrJWEiY9PFidCMaFU1u2I+fuQr7GRsN0yvU6LfoN4843X4u98qc05sXK f1Xi6ihUHO6oDlomDmXY7oySZ24Bp+JaQgbDwQVSOnT4wfCO0T2TPS9zrEK2JEB4 NDdmukgVAthpXGe0Yifz+GKzeOaZk3yth14D6wwG/SeCui9jn6qJUfVwaDufttV5 l2+X1eP0LqVoJx1tSkY1ncQ+UAVLICKFwnVqzgDYf+sSrBZZ4j8YgET+m3HsQoWq 1EFHZuLLV85MMkDXuR++ =nW2R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Uwl7UQhJk99r8jnw--
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