Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:49:33 -0700 From: bmah@freebsd.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: underway@comcast.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/55526: Update the branches pic and ascii art for the releng article Message-ID: <200308151649.h7FGnXmh009705@intruder.kitchenlab.org> In-Reply-To: <o3smo3diow.mo3@mail.comcast.net> References: <200308132214.h7DMExm1062457@freefall.freebsd.org> <200308141554.h7EFsImh087611@intruder.kitchenlab.org> <20030814162607.GB1374@FreeBSD.org> <200308141634.h7EGYXmh088187@intruder.kitchenlab.org> <o3smo3diow.mo3@mail.comcast.net>
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If memory serves me right, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) writes:
>
> > 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
> > can connect these up in a non-confusing, non-ugly way.
>
> It looks real good the way it is. Maybe put tails on the top of
> the long vertical lines to match the corresponding heads.
I'm not sure how to do that on OpenOffice. :-) I'm experimenting with
something that has lines that connect (for example) the bottom of the
HEAD on one column to the top of the HEAD on the next column. I believe
this passes the "non-confusing" test, but I'm not so sure about
"non-ugly".
> Some people might scratch their head about why many releases are in a
> long line of boxes (eg, 4.0 - 4.2), while others are in a short
> offshoot. The "key" box could be made taller to explain it. ("Recent
> releases are on short 'release' branches which are limited mostly to
> security patches." Something like that.)
That's a good idea, thanks. When I get back to this thing I'll add
that.
Bruce.
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