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Date:      Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:11:20 -0400
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r41236 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
Message-ID:  <CAF6rxgkTsjH3JiN8XEVnK6khEsfLJGpbtD6iDQJaR3_aXAG0ZQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201303151502.00229.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <201303151845.r2FIjNZ1024524@svn.freebsd.org> <201303151502.00229.jhb@freebsd.org>

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On 15 March 2013 15:02, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Friday, March 15, 2013 2:45:23 pm Eitan Adler wrote:
>> Author: eadler
>> Date: Fri Mar 15 18:45:22 2013
>> New Revision: 41236
>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41236
>>
>> Log:
>>   remove mention of specific hardware from the FAQ.  In this case the
>>   general question is "where can I learn about support for broadcom chips"
>>   which does not need to mentioned in the FAQ.
>
> Eh, it needs to be mentioned somewhere.  Broadcom wireless chips are quite
> common.  Given that it is a "frequently asked question" (or was before it was
> put into the FAQ) on the mailing lists and the hardware is still very
> prevalent and common, the FAQ seems like the most logical place.

I have not seen such a question on any mailing list (including
-questions) in the past few months and I am not convinced that this is
because people read the FAQ.

That said, I am willing to revert this commit if there is consensus to do so.

-- 
Eitan Adler
Source, Ports, Doc committer
Bugmeister, Ports Security teams



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