Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:49:12 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: docs/55526: Update the branches pic and ascii art for the releng article Message-ID: <20030814164912.GC1374@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200308141634.h7EGYXmh088187@intruder.kitchenlab.org> References: <200308132214.h7DMExm1062457@freefall.freebsd.org> <200308141554.h7EFsImh087611@intruder.kitchenlab.org> <20030814162607.GB1374@FreeBSD.org> <200308141634.h7EGYXmh088187@intruder.kitchenlab.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2003.08.14 09:34:33 -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > If memory serves me right, "Simon L. Nielsen" wrote: > > > On 2003.08.14 08:54:18 -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > > There is also the branch ASCII image in the FAQ - > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/introduction.html#STAB= > > LE > > =2E Perhaps we could merge these two one figure e.g. in the Handbook ? > > Maybe. I'm not a big fan of ASCII art for complex graphs, but > definitely I'm in favor of eliminating duplicate information that can > get out of sync. I should have been more clear; I don't paritular think it should be in ASCII, just the information which is in the graph currently in the FAQ. Actually the information you have in releases.ps. > > > Here's something I was playing with while trying to get some experience > > > with OpenOffice: > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/releng/releases.ps > > > > > > Not saying that we need to adopt this document, but just tossing it out > > > for discussion. > > > > I find it a bit hard to get the "big picture" quickly since the the > > graph lines are "broken". Just my 0.02c. > > Good point. This is a problem especially near the right side of the > figure, where we have parallel HEAD and RELENG branches. I'll see if I Yes, exactly. > can connect these up in a non-confusing, non-ugly way. Great :-). -- Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/O72Ih9pcDSc1mlERAoMMAKCoHr/DkzjpSqfJFpGHlCziHxJO7wCgyGKO f3I7pwvANiLyKnofY20kn9U= =e7B4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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