From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Oct 6 16:12:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA23666 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:12:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA23561 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:12:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24091; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:12:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <361AA3D1.B0226CF3@dal.net> Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 16:12:17 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b2 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE-0929 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sean Kelly CC: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dos and Don'ts References: <19981006071237.02443@follo.net> <19981006155341.C27781@freebie.lemis.com> <19981006083809.00946@follo.net> <19981006173417.64829@welearn.com.au> <19981006174328.65315@follo.net> <361A6B46.73B4851@plutotech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sean Kelly wrote: > I like to think I'm beyond the journeyman stage, but I found myself > becoming suspicious of the dos and don'ts without their matching > explanations. I would like to see pointers to more detailed information as well. A lot of people will do things JUST because you tell them not to. > * "man rcsintro" ... having the machine track things is great, but > sometimes the paper record kept on the shelf is more durable than a > failed upgrade or other catastrophe. True, however using RCS and keeping reliable backups is something that should be learned very soon. Maybe not right out of the box, but it should be way up on the list. I agree that keeping a written record is a good idea as well though, I still do this. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** Go PADRES! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message