From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 28 13:20:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FF078EA for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5706B86 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:20:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s2SDK03C055676 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:20:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s2SDK0ii055675; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:20:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:20:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201403281320.s2SDK0ii055675@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Kim Lesmer Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EEB11845 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:10:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cgiserv.freebsd.org (cgiserv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA02EB1C for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:10:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cgiserv.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.6]) by cgiserv.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s2SDAvwO015050 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:10:57 GMT (envelope-from nobody@cgiserv.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by cgiserv.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s2SDAvqJ015049; Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:10:57 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201403281310.s2SDAvqJ015049@cgiserv.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:10:57 GMT From: Kim Lesmer To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Subject: advocacy/188031: Contradictions between the FAQ and the Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:20:01 -0000 >Number: 188031 >Category: advocacy >Synopsis: Contradictions between the FAQ and the Handbook >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-advocacy >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 28 13:20:00 UTC 2014 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kim Lesmer >Release: 10 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: On the FAQ here: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/introduction.html It says, when explaining the different releases: "Briefly, -STABLE is aimed at the ISP, corporate user, or any user who wants stability and a minimal number of changes compared to the new (and possibly unstable) features of the latest -CURRENT snapshot." This is highly contradictory to the information provided several places in the Hanbook. For example: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/current-stable.html "This is still a development branch and, at any given time, the sources for FreeBSD-STABLE may or may not be suitable for general use. It is simply another engineering development track, not a resource for end-users." >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: I think having a FAQ section outside of the Handbook is a problem. It would be better, easier to keep track of things, if the FAQ is moved to the Handbook and then the above information corrected. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: