Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 02:24:25 -0400 (EDT) From: eogren@earthlink.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/20209: [PATCH] Update of FAQ to 4.1 Message-ID: <200007270624.e6R6OPI00457@rod.darktech.org>
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>Number: 20209 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Update of FAQ to 4.1 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 26 23:30:00 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Eric Ogren >Release: FreeBSD 4.1-RC i386 >Organization: >Environment: Updated doc repository. >Description: The FAQ has a couple of entries about 4.0 being the latest release on the 4-STABLE branch. Since 4.1 is hitting the FTP sites very soon (if it hasn't already), these should probably be updated to 4.1. This patch also slightly rewords a couple of sentences in the big ASCII tree in the Preface. >How-To-Repeat: n/a >Fix: Index: book.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/doctree/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.80 diff -u -r1.80 book.sgml --- book.sgml 2000/07/25 18:24:48 1.80 +++ book.sgml 2000/07/27 06:19:25 @@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ <answer> <para>Version <ulink - URL="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.0-RELEASE/">4.0</ulink>; + URL="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.1-RELEASE/">4.0</ulink>; is the latest <emphasis>stable</emphasis> version; it was - released in March, 2000. This is also the latest + released in July, 2000. This is also the latest <emphasis>release</emphasis> version.</para> <para>Briefly explained, <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> is aimed @@ -300,23 +300,26 @@ 3.0-RELEASE (Oct 1998) | | [3.0-STABLE] - *BRANCH* 3.1-RELESE (Feb 1999) -> 3.2 -> 3.3 -> 3.4 -> ... future 3.x releases ... + *BRANCH* 3.1-RELEASE (Feb 1999) -> 3.2 -> 3.3 -> 3.4 -> ... future 3.x releases ... | (May 1999) (Sep 1999) (Dec 1999) | | [4.0-STABLE] - *BRANCH* 4.0 (Mar 2000) -> ... future 4.x releases ... + *BRANCH* 4.0 (Mar 2000) -> 4.1 -> ... future 4.x releases ... | - | + | (Jul 2000) \|/ + [5.0-CURRENT continues]</literallayout> <para>The -CURRENT branch is slowly progressing towards 5.0 and beyond, the previous 2.2-STABLE branch having been retired - with the release of 2.2.8. 3.4-STABLE has now replaced it, + with the release of 2.2.8. 3-STABLE replaced it, with 3.4-RELEASE being released in mid-December 1999. - 4.0-RELEASE was released in March 2000. Although 4-STABLE - is the actively developed -STABLE branch, bugfixes are + In May 2000, the 3-STABLE branch was more or less replaced + by the 4-STABLE branch. + 4.1-RELEASE was released in July 2000. 4-STABLE + is the actively developed -STABLE branch, although some + bugfixes (mostly security-related) are still being committed to 3-STABLE. It is expected that the 3.X branch will be officially obsoleted some time in summer 2000. @@ -408,9 +411,9 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>The current 4.X-STABLE release, 4.0-RELEASE can be + <para>The current 4.X-STABLE release, 4.1-RELEASE can be found in the <ulink - URL="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.0-RELEASE/">; the 4.0-RELEASE</ulink> directory.</para> + URL="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.1-RELEASE/">; the 4.1-RELEASE</ulink> directory.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -2458,7 +2461,7 @@ </literallayout> </para> -<para>In FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT or later, the line should be:</para> +<para>In FreeBSD 4.0 or later, the line should be:</para> <para> <literallayout> device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 @@ -3834,7 +3837,7 @@ <link linkend="mailing">mailing list</link> for periodic updates on new entries.</para> -<para>Most ports should be available for the 2.2, 3.x and 4.0 +<para>Most ports should be available for the 2.2, 3.x and 4.x branches, and many of them should work on 2.1.x systems as well. Each time a FreeBSD release is made, a snapshot of the ports tree at the time of release in also included in the @@ -3877,7 +3880,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> -<varlistentry><term>for 4.0-RELEASE/4.X-STABLE</term> +<varlistentry><term>for 4.1-RELEASE/4.X-STABLE</term> <listitem> <para><ulink URL="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/</ulink></para>; >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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