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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>;

>How-To-Repeat:

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>Fix:
	
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