From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 19 12:28:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C431C16A41F; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:28:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif2-3-1-cust208.cdif.cable.ntl.com [82.31.78.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F26E943D4C; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:28:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from ceri by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1EoK8D-000FFq-5x; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:28:45 +0000 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:28:45 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Marc Fonvieille Message-ID: <20051219122845.GC63860@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Marc Fonvieille , doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, remko@FreeBSD.org References: <200512181702.jBIH2wc5003662@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051219115726.GB63860@submonkey.net> <20051219122131.GB687@gothic.blackend.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DIOMP1UsTsWJauNi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051219122131.GB687@gothic.blackend.org> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: Ceri Davies Cc: remko@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook book.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:28:46 -0000 --DIOMP1UsTsWJauNi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 01:21:31PM +0100, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 11:57:27AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 05:02:58PM +0000, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > > blackend 2005-12-18 17:02:58 UTC > > >=20 > > > FreeBSD doc repository > > >=20 > > > Modified files: > > > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook book.sgml=20 > > > Log: > > > Add a link to previous versions of the Handbook > > > (http://docs.FreeBSD.org/doc/). This should be an answer to various > > > headaches when it's time to maintain the correctness of a documenta= tion > > > for the various branches. The Handbook currently covers the use of > > > FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE and FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE (and 7-CURRENT since no= w the > > > changes between branches will be less "important"), so the users of > > > previous releases should read the versions archived on > > > http://docs.FreeBSD.org/doc/ > >=20 > > So we can start removing all the "if you have 4.x do this, else do that" > > in favour of "do that" now? Brilliant! > > >=20 > Most of time: yes. I think when it's not possible to just add a little > note for 4.X, we should not loose our time trying to make the doc 4.X > compliant. On another hand, if we have a note or a "(on FreeBSD 4.X use > blahblah instead)" we can keep them since it does not hurt. For the > rest, during a section rewritting (to make it totally 5.X/6.X compliant) > we can drop legacy 4.X. In fact, I let it to each committer opinion, > and as everyone I think making the doc 5.X/6.X compliant is more > important than just removing 4.X parts. OK, that makes sense. > Regarding the outdating parts or lacks, we (doceng@) currently trying to > write a TODO list to sum up the needs. I should post it soon, well if > the holidays are not eating all my free time :) Yeah, I know that feeling :) Ceri --=20 Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) --DIOMP1UsTsWJauNi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDpqd8ocfcwTS3JF8RAmMKAKDKnq5DZbFFBJEz6FoQs1HaDUCmeACfWq02 c4oqbm4pok6ynGCODzTHPrs= =AX2W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DIOMP1UsTsWJauNi--