From owner-freebsd-doc Fri May 23 05:54:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA18341 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 23 May 1997 05:54:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA18327; Fri, 23 May 1997 05:54:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA17533; Fri, 23 May 1997 07:54:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 07:54:06 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: commiters@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, doc@freebsd.org, www@freebsd.org Subject: handbook/FAQ freeze Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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