Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:59:09 -0400 From: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@bsdi.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/19583: [patch] Fix typos in RELENG_4 README.TXT Message-ID: <20000630205909.A2074@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <200007010040.RAA55417@freefall.freebsd.org>; from jhb@bsdi.com on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 05:40:02PM -0700 References: <200007010040.RAA55417@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Well, since you asked... :) Personally, I would prefer this sentence looked something like: However, if you're more interested in doing business with FreeBSD than in staying on the cutting edge, then 3.x or one of the 4.x releases is almost certainly for you. I strongly dislike cutting up a sentence with a "however", although this is just a writing style issue, and "playing with the cutting edge of technology" just sounds weird to me, especially since in the handbook we give dire warnings that -CURRENT is not intended to be a plaything for users. Besides, is FreeBSD really the cutting edge "of technology"? Maybe of computer science, but FreeBSD isn't exactly new technology; BSD code has been around for a while... Just my two (probably somewhat nitpickey) cents. Eric On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 05:40:02PM -0700, John Baldwin wrote: > > business with FreeBSD than in playing with the cutting edge of > > ! technology, however, then 3.x or one of the 4.x releases, is almost > > certainly your best bet. > > > > Most information here is also available from the Documentation menu > > --- 32,38 ---- > > getting into here (e.g. you've been following -stable) then this > > snapshot is probably for you. If you're more interested in doing > > business with FreeBSD than in playing with the cutting edge of > > ! technology, however, then 3.x or one of the 4.x releases, is almost > > certainly your best bet. > > The changed line here should actually read as this: > > technology, however, then 3.x, or one of the 4.x releases, is almost > > or this: > > technology, however, then 3.x or one of the 4.x releases is almost > > Comments? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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