From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 17 07:18:51 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0DF216A41F; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:18:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linimon@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (repoman.freebsd.org [216.136.204.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CAC743D48; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:18:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linimon@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j7H7IpbV085417; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:18:51 GMT (envelope-from linimon@repoman.freebsd.org) Received: (from linimon@localhost) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j7H7IoEE085416; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:18:50 GMT (envelope-from linimon) Message-Id: <200508170718.j7H7IoEE085416@repoman.freebsd.org> From: Mark Linimon Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:18:50 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org X-FreeBSD-CVS-Branch: HEAD Cc: Subject: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles Makefile doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/version-guide Makefile 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: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:18:51 -0000 linimon 2005-08-17 07:18:50 UTC FreeBSD doc repository Modified files: en_US.ISO8859-1/articles Makefile Added files: en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/version-guide Makefile article.sgml Log: Add a new article, "How To Choose The Version Of FreeBSD That Is Right For You." This article attempts to provide an introduction to such concepts as Releases, Branches, and STABLE vs. CURRENT, which are currently scattered around between the FAQ, various Release Engineering documents, and folklore on the mailing lists. The material in the FAQ should probably be deleted and this used as its replacement. This material does not replace any of the Release Engineering documentation, but it does attempt to discuss how the concepts discussed in great detail therein should influence user decisions on which version to install. In particular, this article attempts to inform users about the current thinking of the development team in terms of how future releases are going to be done. A companion article comparing e.g. 5.X vs 6.X would be useful but is outside the scope of this commit. This article is partially a response to the "Quality of FreeBSD" thread on freebsd-stable in July 2005 (and its many antecedents). Submitted for review to: core, re, secteam Reviewed by: imp, wes, remko, simon, and others Revision Changes Path 1.44 +1 -0 doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/Makefile 1.1 +21 -0 doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/version-guide/Makefile (new) 1.1 +395 -0 doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/version-guide/article.sgml (new)