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Date:      Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:25:16 +0100
From:      peter@bsdly.net (Peter N. M. Hansteen)
To:        Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: docs/82290: [patch] update to handbook firewall PF section
Message-ID:  <87zluz53kj.fsf@thingy.bsdly.net>
In-Reply-To: <20080121142539.20bab899.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> (Tom Rhodes's message of "Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:25:39 -0500")
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Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> writes:

> What I normally do is cover the latest releases on both the
> development and stable branches.  In most cases, I'll cover the
> entire stable release and make notes where differences will be
> noticed by the user - especially things like new options, syntax
> changes, etc.

This sounds like track 6.n and 7.n for now, assuming 8.n is still the
far horizon.  The main thing is likely to be the 'keep state' flag day
(OpenBSD 4.1) anyway.

> How about we break this up into a few smaller parts to make review
> a bit easier.  Starting mainly with the pftools section, as that
> appears to be very useful.  The rest of it we can kick around a
> few ideas about what to cover, what not to cover, etc.  Sound
> good?  Thanks,

Yes.  It does sound like breaking it into smaller chunks makes sense.
I just hope a large enough chunk of time materializes for me to do it
soon.

- P
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