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Date:      Fri, 23 May 1997 07:54:06 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
To:        commiters@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, doc@freebsd.org, www@freebsd.org
Subject:   handbook/FAQ freeze
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970523074043.10030U-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>

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The handbook and FAQ are moving out of the main source tree to a
new top-level directory in the CVS repository (doc).  Until the
dust settles, please do not commit anything to either the FAQ or
the handbook (both english and japanese).

The move is being done because these documents are generally not
release specific so maintaining them on multiple CVS branches has
been nothing more than a needless hassle.

Looking into the crystal ball, moving these things out of the
"make world" process removes the requirement that the SGML
processing tools be part of the source tree.  More specifically,
improvements HTML generation and a conversion from Linuxdoc to
DocBook will be greatly expidited by a switch from the current
sgmls/instant combination to jade (a DSSSL processor). 

New tools will be avaialble in port/package form at which point
the existing SGML tools in the src tree will be removed.
(Anti-bloatists rejoice!)

-john




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