Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:38:47 -0800 From: bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com>, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/texts/alpha RELNOTES.TXT src/release/texts/i386 RELNOTES.TXT Message-ID: <200101191738.f0JHclD26044@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20010119100715.A9197@tao.org.uk> References: <bmah@FreeBSD.org> <25810.979881938@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <20010119100715.A9197@tao.org.uk>
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--==_Exmh_-1265243583P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Josef Karthauser wrote: > Definitely. I'll second, third, and fourth that :). > It's nice to see the things that you do make it onto the release notes. Thanks Joe! > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 09:25:38PM -0800, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > I just wanted to give a big public "THANK YOU" to Bruce Mah for doing > > this very thankless task which is nonetheless very important to > > FreeBSD. It's sort of a shame to add a bunch of cool new features to > > FreeBSD and then end up with most people not even knowing about them > > since they never get documented, and until Bruce took on this job, > > that was sort of the rule rather than the exception. I think he > > deserves some real kudos for doing this so consistently! And thanks, Jordan! Let me make a couple of points (one old and one new): 1. If you (fellow committers and/or users) see something that should be in the release notes, but isn't, feel free to let me know. Committers, please make commits to RELNOTES.TXT as you see fit (some of you do already, which is great). I'd like to get more of you guys and gals making your own release note commits, because I think many of you understand the significance and impact of your work better than I do. 2. For those of you who do *not* read -doc, here's a small plug for RELNOTESng, the next-generation Release Notes. I plan to replace the *.TXT files in our distribution with DocBook files (the same as what we use for the Handbook and FAQ). Most importantly, we'll be able to create (from a single set of source files) different versions of these documents for the various architectures we support. We'll also have exactly one place for the supported hardware list, which now resides in four different files at last count. By going to DocBook, we'll have the ability to produce TXT, HTML, PDF, and PS versions of these documents. Finally, we'll be able to do translated release notes if there's sufficient interest. A prototype-in-progress, which I've been keeping in sync with -CURRENT's release notes, is at: http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/relnotes/ Feedback is welcomed...followups should probably go to -doc. Cheers, Bruce. --==_Exmh_-1265243583P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 iD8DBQE6aHun2MoxcVugUsMRAgudAJsHsnqpWSPKVISMCYQF6L7ESbzrGACg4c+W 24/GyihM9eAkO6DgAz3qgxE= =xQvZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1265243583P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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