Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 19:00:35 -0500 From: Matt Penna <mdp1261@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splitting FAQ ch. 9 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020119184915.035bf620@vmspop.isc.rit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020119220019.GA69416@helios.dub.net> References: <20020119081751.A44161@blackhelicopters.org> <20020117110921.B32325@blackhelicopters.org> <20020118030554.GC17795@freebsdmall.com> <20020118211213.J2208@holly.calldei.com> <20020119045555.GA57083@helios.dub.net> <20020119081751.A44161@blackhelicopters.org>
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At 02:00 PM 1/19/02 -0800, you wrote:
>On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 at 08:17:51 -0500, Michael Lucas wrote:
> > Hmmm... why would we want to start over with the FAQ? It's really not
> > that bad, for a document that covers 2.1.x, 2.2.x, 3.x, and 4.x. Much
> > of that information is still quite useful for people who are running
> > older releases.
>
>Well, that's one reason. We ripped all the 2.x stuff out of the
>handbook a while back, and should probably do the same with the FAQ. If
>somebody's been using FreeBSD long enough to still be using 2.x, I would
>assume they have enough clue to keep it running.
I whole-heartedly agree that the FAQ should be cleaned up, but I'm not sure
that discarding information on older releases would be a good idea. Perhaps
categorizing questions according to release, or even keeping separate
documents for older releases would be beneficial? (I.e., 2.x FAQ, 3.x FAQ,
etc.)
I realize it's fairly unlikely, but somewhere out there are very old
systems that cannot be upgraded to a new version for one reason or another,
so the information in the FAQ (and handbook) that pertains to old releases
might prove useful to someone.
I'm sure some people think I'm crazy for advocating the rentention of 5
year old FAQs, but I've had trouble keeping legacy systems running in the
past because someone thought, "no one could possibly need these documents
anymore," so I would advocate keeping the information on-line, albeit in a
different location.
Just my 2 cents. :)
Matt
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