Questions to kill in FAQ

Michael W. Lucas mwlucas at blackhelicopters.org
Fri May 13 18:26:28 UTC 2005


I'll probably interpret silence as tacit acceptance at some point
tomorrow.  :-)

On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 02:59:34PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> I've just (lightly) read the entire FAQ, and have noticed several
> questions that IMHO are no longer Frequently Asked.
> 
> IM(NS)HO, these should be deleted from the FAQ.
> 
> I got brave and deleted the entry for the SCSI card that hasn't been
> manufactured for 13 years, but as I found more and more I thought it
> would make more sense to produce a list and solicit opinions before I
> tread on somebody's pet question.  :-)
> 
> So, following is a list of NLAFs (No Longer a FAQ) that I think should
> be either deleted entirely, or severely gutted.  The question numbers
> are against a current FAQ build.  I suspect there are more, but these
> are obvious.  Comments?  Opinions?
> 
> ==ml
> 
> 3.16 -- I believe that the 1024 limit no longer exists on modern FreeBSD?
> 
> 5.2 -- So, some model of EISA SCSI card has trouble on some model of
>   HP Netserver.  This has been in the FAQ for many years, and I
>   suspect it is now irrelevant.  It is already useless, because we have
>   no idea what model this would be.  :-)
> 
> 5.9 -- NLAF?
> 
> 6.1 -- FreeBSD Mall doesn't seem to offer the mentioned "Desktop
>   Edition."  (I could lean forward and ask Murray, but Robert is
>   talking at the moment and that would be rude.)
> 
> 6.2,6.4 -- Metrolink seems to be gone, and XiG doesn't appear to support FreeBSD
> 
> 6.3 -- The answer seems to be "sorry, no longer available."
> 
> 9.3 -- NLAF?
> 
> 9.4 -- NLAF?
> 
> 16.8 -- NLAF?
> 
> 18.15 -- NLAF?
> 
> 18.16 -- If we're axing 3.X in the FAQ, this whole Q&A needs
>    rewriting.  I could make a stab at it from a pure grammar/math
>    perspective, but would prefer some input
>    from someone who actually works on the code.  :-)
> 
> -- 
> Michael W. Lucas	mwlucas at FreeBSD.org, mwlucas at BlackHelicopters.org
> 		http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/
> 
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