misc/157489: [patch] add mention of the forums and remove stale IRC channel from the FAQ

Eitan Adler lists at eitanadler.com
Wed Jun 1 03:30:09 UTC 2011


>Number:         157489
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       [patch] add mention of the forums and remove stale IRC channel from the FAQ
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 01 03:30:09 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Eitan Adler
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
1) #FreeBSDHelp on DALNET no longer exists
2) We have had the forums for long enough that they deserve a mention

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.1136
diff -u -r1.1136 book.sgml
--- book.sgml	15 May 2011 20:41:30 -0000	1.1136
+++ book.sgml	1 Jun 2011 03:01:22 -0000
@@ -1053,13 +1053,6 @@
 	    </listitem>
 
 	    <listitem>
-	      <para>Channel <literal>#FreeBSDHelp</literal> on <ulink
-		  url="http://www.dal.net/">DALNET</ulink> is available
-		at <hostid>irc.dal.net</hostid> in the US and
-		<hostid>irc.eu.dal.net</hostid> in Europe.</para>
-	    </listitem>
-
-	    <listitem>
 	      <para>Channel <literal>#FreeBSD</literal> on <ulink
 		  url="http://www.undernet.org/">UNDERNET</ulink> is
 		available at <hostid>us.undernet.org</hostid> in the US
@@ -1097,6 +1090,18 @@
       </qandaentry>
 
       <qandaentry>
+	<question id="forums">
+	  <para>Are there any web based forums to discuss &os;?</para>
+	</question>
+	<answer>
+	  <para>The official &os; forums are located at <ulink
+	      url="http://forums.freebsd.org/">http://forums.freebsd.org/
+	    </ulink>
+	  </para>
+	</answer>
+      </qandaentry>
+
+      <qandaentry>
 	<question id="training">
 	  <para>Where can I get commercial &os; training and
 	    support?</para>


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