From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 15 23:06:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F2816A420; Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:06:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif2-3-1-cust208.cdif.cable.ntl.com [82.31.78.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A62843D46; Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:06:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from ceri by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1EQv75-000PAU-NM; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:06:51 +0100 Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:06:51 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: "Simon L. Nielsen" Message-ID: <20051015230651.GA52278@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , "Simon L. Nielsen" , Tom Rhodes , Joel Dahl , doc@FreeBSD.org References: <200510142331.j9ENV8nA099971@freefall.freebsd.org> <1129364021.653.11.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> <20051015055837.2a3b9035.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20051015122036.GT99170@submonkey.net> <20051015133220.GB885@zaphod.nitro.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051015133220.GB885@zaphod.nitro.dk> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: Ceri Davies Cc: Tom Rhodes , doc@FreeBSD.org, Joel Dahl Subject: Re: docs/87445: comments for improvement of handbook/kernelconfig-config.html 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, 15 Oct 2005 23:06:54 -0000 --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 03:32:21PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2005.10.15 13:20:37 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: >=20 > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 05:58:37AM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > >=20 > > > Or perhaps > > > 4.X will be knifed from the handbook. And most likely, the > > > only people who will expect it coming will be those that aren't > > > going to stand in my way.[1] :) > > >=20 > > > [1]: Please don't take that as if it's rude, I'm actually > > > joking around with it. Cause I know that if someone > > > tried that, well, to core && doceng they'd be explaining. > >=20 > > Actually that's a great idea. There's no reason why we couldn't, like > > today, commit a copy of the current handbook to handbook4 and then get > > rid of all the crud from the real handbook. Same deal with the FAQ. > > The information is still available then, but we no longer have to tear > > our own hair own trying to maintain the documents. >=20 > Wouldn't it be better to create a branch and do appropriate magic in > the web build to handle it? We already have magic that handles > building the release notes from different branches. I don't really care. As long as users can access it without having to checkout and build their own copy (i.e., they just need to go to http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc//handbook4/), it doesn't matter (to me) how that actually happens. Ceri --=20 Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDUYuLocfcwTS3JF8RAhxMAJ0WDcctkbQ5vpVZr/yBBKnJq+pFwACeJOY9 T7Glll/NKynTJRyCH0H5J/w= =RT6j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF--