Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 20:03:59 GMT From: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/5681: Y2K bug / page submission Message-ID: <199802082003.UAA03842@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>
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>Number: 5681
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: There is no FreeBSD Y2K statement on the web
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Feb 8 12:10:02 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Nik Clayton
>Organization:
Nik at home
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386
>Environment:
N/A
>Description:
There is no (or at least, I can't find it) FreeBSD Year 2000 compliance
statement available on the FreeBSD web site.
There have been a few people posting messages to the -questions mailing
list asking for one and receiving comments both from members of -core and
from regular users of FreeBSD, some of which have been contradictory and/or
vague. As the year 2000 approaches it seems reasonable to suppose that these
sort of questions will increase. Hence my tagging of this PR with a severity
of 'serious' and a priority of 'high'.
Several people have said "Wouldn't it be a good idea to have something on
the web site". No one appears to have done anything. So, being quite handy
with HTML (and having a local copy of the web site available in CVS) I
thought I'd dedicate a spare half hour to the task.
Hence this PR. I've uploaded a file to ftp.freebsd.org that contains the
following:
- A new page for the website, y2kbug.sgml (yes, .sgml, I understand how
the FreeBSD web site is generated).
This page contains a quote from David Greenman, taken from e-mail sent
to -questions, message-id <199802052355.PAA02722@implode.root.com>. I
realise this is probably not the final form that -core will want, but
it's probably a good starting point.
- A diff to docs.sgml which links to the new page (since 'Documentation'
seemed to be the best place to put it). This is docs.diff.
- A diff to newsflash.sgml which talks about the new page (and will need
changing before committing, because I couldn't state what day of
February the newsflash will be updated. This is newsflash.diff
- A diff to Makefile to reference the new file. Makefile.diff
What I haven't done yet is make any changes to the FAQ. I imagine it'll be
something like
Q: Is FreeBSD Year 2000 compliant?
A: The short answer is "Yes, with caveats". The long answer is "See the
page at <URL:http://www.freebsd.org/y2kbug.html>.
Note: My suggested y2kbug.sgml page includes a section (currently empty) for
listing applications which are known to have Y2K problems. I also
suggest a new e-mail address, y2kbug@freebsd.org to be publicised as
the contact point for people who have y2k questions about FreeBSD,
and/or who have discovered that a particular application is not y2k
compliant.
I am volunteering to maintain this section and to be the contact
point for that e-mail address (unless people think it would be
better run as a mailing list).
My proposed changes and additions can be found at:
<URL:ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/www-y2k-proposal.tar.gz>;
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