From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Jun 30 17:59:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from penguin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (penguin.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8089837C432 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:59:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eogren@earthlink.net) Received: from rod.darktech.org (ip142.cambridge2.ma.pub-ip.psi.net [38.32.112.142]) by penguin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA14899; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:59:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from eogren@localhost) by rod.darktech.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e610x9N02094; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:59:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:59:09 -0400 From: Eric Ogren To: John Baldwin Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/19583: [patch] Fix typos in RELENG_4 README.TXT Message-ID: <20000630205909.A2074@earthlink.net> References: <200007010040.RAA55417@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200007010040.RAA55417@freefall.freebsd.org>; from jhb@bsdi.com on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 05:40:02PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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