Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:17:36 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: docs/55122: Handbook should mention that gdbe can't be used with vinum volumes Message-ID: <20030814094736.GD10912@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20030814091654.GI39980@submonkey.net> References: <200308122008.h7CK8F9D074923@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030813054823.GP23460@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030813084125.GA408@FreeBSD.org> <20030813100234.778637ae.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20030813233932.GA23460@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030814091654.GI39980@submonkey.net>
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--0IvGJv3f9h+YhkrH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 14 August 2003 at 10:16:54 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:09:32AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Wednesday, 13 August 2003 at 10:02:34 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: >>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:41:27 +0200 >>> "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2003.08.13 15:18:23 +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>>>> On Tuesday, 12 August 2003 at 13:08:15 -0700, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: >>>>>> Synopsis: Handbook should mention that gdbe can't be used with vinum volumes >>>>>> >>>>>> Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->simon >>>>>> Responsible-Changed-By: simon >>>>>> Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Aug 12 13:07:47 PDT 2003 >>>>>> Responsible-Changed-Why: >>>>>> I will handle this one. >>>>> >>>>> Please close the PR. We don't document -CURRENT; we document -STABLE. >>>>> Until things have finished developing, there's no way to know what can >>>>> be used with what. >>>> >>>> Actually we document both the latest 5.X and 4.X releases in the >>>> handbook, otherwise there would be no mention of 5.X only features like >>>> gbde. >>> >>> Greg has a valid point; however, because it could 'just not be complete'. >>> >>> A simple note "As of this writing, gdbe cannot work with Vinum volumes." >>> I can see how making the note would definatly be documenting for 5.X, >>> but it should not be some huge paragraph. >> >> My concern is that this would require another modification, another >> PR. If we did this for every transient incompatibility in -CURRENT, >> we wouldn't have time for anything else. It shouldn't be put in the >> documentation. > > As a user trying to get it working, I'd be very happy to see it in the > documentation. It *should* be there, just the same as we have BUGS sections > in manpages. No. If you're using -CURRENT, you should be subscribed to FreeBSD-CURRENT. It's been discussed there. > When it does work, I'm sure that we'll notice. No. Once things like this get entrenched, they live for ever. People are still talking about the USL/BSD wars of ten years ago. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --0IvGJv3f9h+YhkrH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/O1q4IubykFB6QiMRAusLAJ9vhGkhevzpxR7yDROBAycnxVdyLQCeJvSt K7ZTBDOTb09G9ttBQjM7d+E= =7Wdx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0IvGJv3f9h+YhkrH--
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