From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 23:16:23 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 F3E3C16A41A; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:16:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AEFF13C45E; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:16:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from phobos.samsco.home (phobos.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8HMqBTc090347; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:52:12 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <46EF0519.40205@samsco.org> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:52:09 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070802 SeaMonkey/1.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri References: <200709172102.l8HL2hEx089576@repoman.freebsd.org> <46EEEC96.1010007@FreeBSD.org> <499c70c0709171412w5c812f47h8145124facbf1ade@mail.gmail.com> <20070917222637.GB3621@kobe.laptop> <499c70c0709171539o284382abw34e856f94cd6e6d0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0709171539o284382abw34e856f94cd6e6d0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:52:12 -0600 (MDT) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, Giorgos Keramidas , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Gabor Kovesdan 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 23:16:23 -0000 Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > 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 ) > AS the author of this blasted document, I'll ask that 1) you stop arguing about nit-picky points about it, 2) don't change the title, and 3) stop attaching so much significance to it. Thanks =-) Scott