From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 27 20:53:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DE40106564A; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:53:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC2FD8FC18; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:53:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl57-25.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.184.25]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id mBRKrRDj023076 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:53:32 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBRKrRq4037292; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:53:27 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mBRKrQbI037291; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:53:26 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Gabor PALI References: <4956903C.5060405@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:53:26 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4956903C.5060405@FreeBSD.org> (Gabor PALI's message of "Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:29:48 +0100") Message-ID: <87sko9wda1.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-ID: mBRKrRDj023076 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.867, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.53, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] A Handbook Section on Updating the Documentation Set X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:53:41 -0000 On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:29:48 +0100, Gabor PALI wrote: > In reply to a previous discussion about documentation packages and > Docsnap [1], I have created a patch about how to update the > documentation set. This patch adds a section to the FreeBSD Handbook, > Chapter 24. "Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD". It describes some > methods for updating, like using CVSup and rebuilding the > documentation from source, and using Docsnap. Of course, other > methods can be added later on, you can think of it as a stub for such > methods. > Thank Giorgos, Manolis, Rene, and Tom for the early reviews and > comments, and thanks for further replies in advance. > [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2008-December/015099.html > [2] http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/12/27/updating-upgrading-documentation.patch.diff It goes without saying that after his patience with all my comments about the patch, and the changes we made this afternoon, Gabor has my full approval for the patch :)