From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 22:39:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8998116A41A for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:39:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29F2F13C465 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:39:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so1257755nfb for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:39:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=+I+44ygC5dKtx2Q5mxqJ6PMwPIHyukJL/MqPnLmOrMI=; b=ssE6UQCow23PhY9/RnZwJQsn2GoNN8VGxWT/24nDWdmo6yuTOH+DQXa9MIUBV0S/OBDKAtOsvJPQKsZnM22p+x6DgxZx+22+ETRCma797+ufvzpnyE3LvgKn71fHyFwL4J0m0Lxx00HbaExzVxZOSnOE+/B/DDvulggYlKH22+k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=JzSaWsRBR3EQpGJadNz/pwpsbVDl+VKfYIShpMdghFRxVZgBfUkQ66N7sQkeV5SB4UX6+MJZjOgvJCgKLE0YbUx0wzFP07A6BPg5XS/56/g7DxQSILls20WjjOiXiIMb56hUqH35K/Lvt3z8elK+CmMv+SSeE/p9H7uEg2djJZ4= Received: by 10.86.80.5 with SMTP id d5mr4104392fgb.1190068741827; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.2.1 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <499c70c0709171539o284382abw34e856f94cd6e6d0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:39:01 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" To: "Giorgos Keramidas" In-Reply-To: <20070917222637.GB3621@kobe.laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200709172102.l8HL2hEx089576@repoman.freebsd.org> <46EEEC96.1010007@FreeBSD.org> <499c70c0709171412w5c812f47h8145124facbf1ade@mail.gmail.com> <20070917222637.GB3621@kobe.laptop> Cc: doc-committers@freebsd.org, Gabor Kovesdan , cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/5-roadmap article.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:39:03 -0000 On 9/18/07, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2007-09-18 00:12, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > >On 9/18/07, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: > >>Giorgos Keramidas escribi??: > >>> keramida 2007-09-17 21:02:43 UTC > >>> > >>> FreeBSD doc repository > >>> > >>> Modified files: > >>> en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/5-roadmap article.sgml > >>> Log: > >>> Avoid using "It was", but use a more explicit reference to the > >>> version-guide article in the abstract of 5-roadmap. This way > >>> the text is a bit less confusing. > >> > >> Shouldn't this be nuked? I remember it came to the topic some time ago, > >> but we won't have > >> any new releases from 5.X any more and it has only a historical > >> significance. > > > > When you go on and keep reading, and follow the links you feel the 5.x > > task isn't completed yet, and I feel it's misleading, I would suggest > > you make docs for FreeBSD 7.x Road Map or even 8.x > > That's odd. After reading this in the current abstract: > > This document is now mostly of historical value. It > presented a roadmap for the development of &os;'s &t.releng.5; > branch. It was originally written in February 2003 (between > the 5.0 and 5.1 releases), and was intended to provide a plan > for making the &t.releng.5; branch stable, both > in terms of code quality and finalization of various > APIs/ABIs. For a different perspective, the article > > Choosing the &os; Version That Is Right For You > > may be of interest. The version-guide article was written in August > 2005 (two and a half years later), and it contains a section > discussing how these plans and events actually unfolded, as well as > some lessons learned. > > it was obvious to me that the article is *not* describing the current > state of affairs. Any suggestions about improving the text to make it > less confusing for people who just happen to stumble upon it now, are > very welcome :) I think if you change the title itself it will be good idea. The Road Map for 5-STABLE to The Road Map for 5-STABLE ( historical value ) -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/