Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 02:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/42392: Pedantic PPP Primer scheduled for termination Message-ID: <200209040910.g849A3Kw006100@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/42392; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/42392: Pedantic PPP Primer scheduled for termination Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:01:03 +0200 On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 11:35:13PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > >Number: 42392 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Pedantic PPP Primer scheduled for termination > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: change-request > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 03 15:40:02 PDT 2002 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> > >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-PRERELEASE i386 > >Organization: > The FreeBSD Documentation Project > >Environment: > System: FreeBSD rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net 4.7-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-PRERELEASE #0: Tue Sep 3 21:56:36 BST 2002 setantae@rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RHADAMANTH i386 > > > > >Description: > I recently unhooked the Pedantic PPP Primer from the doc build. > (doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/Makefile r1.11). > > I'd quite like to give someone a chance to bring this document back into the > present day before issuing a "cvs rm". > > Therefore I've raised this PR after discussion with keramida to throw this > open to the wild. > > I propose to cvs rm the ppp-primer on December 1st, 2002 unless this book has > been updated and finished. > Good news :) There is something that we can find in that doc and that you can't find in the Handbook: it's the installation & test of a NIC, of course it's very far from being perfect :) I'm planning something about that problem: I want to add a big section in the Handbook (maybe in config & tuning chapter) about installing, configuring and troubleshooting NICs. "Newcomers" are often lost on that point. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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