From nobody Tue Mar 15 02:27:59 2022 X-Original-To: doc@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 590A41A2C407 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2022 02:27:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4KHcl26JNMz4pC7 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2022 02:27:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1d]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9517192C3 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2022 02:27:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.5]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 22F2RwBT085544 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2022 02:27:58 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 22F2Rw9T085543 for doc@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2022 02:27:58 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 261058] Mid-way into a four-year-long twenty-fifth anniversary. 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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 02:27:59 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Documentation X-Bugzilla-Component: Website X-Bugzilla-Version: Latest X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Many People X-Bugzilla-Who: grahamperrin@gmail.com X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: doc@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated List-Id: Documentation project List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-doc List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1647311278; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=hA/6Q/ysQQRNX2atD9mdSt3MJhpxIxuV/fU8QMfy0ic=; b=vcdP1AWD0ODHUMXRaEpCMb/hUR1EC6g/aNFH9xYjJ/9E9pQCON/1r/bWhv/pAiToTdMrmF +RiZK977tBUtSk+p1IO8AmgZviOlJzk4AcHZJ58AR4PraNOqv98uLSLiKBEXKtN44eXUoS mo88X0OkguD1EqD/PdKyoGqem0RTgYHC7WL//HwcHNcmDUrYmdGEoAoRgfwgetgqTCnpOW VdUsTZwAO71vZ7px45ERLn62JMns87orA75QHYiGIpqqTBS3iF8h72wVBD477pddL+EbsE danx0FAoAvZrTZqW0qbi9UuEJP0TatmQpoyr6GEEOL6OITaJYN//VXNx1ubbDw== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1647311278; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=e4IkaKaqcXuZA3Jg1NJ6NTCAItI4RnjFFO7RmwuoI0s1PcwhwjN01WkJsqnJgoFXI76vQ7 q2k1sz2mmWfjkal8X/Kc1LyYvpahfUwjZzyWFgEduh/iGVkr+SDqfvRc5p4Ej/yi0jLvdV a+6WTtYfY9fVNtU2VSS5WtpKCngB8EnMT1cDlLe6YumyKBgbrg4jr7HIPXCKE5OUk5fAri p557gy1URH2/LrWNOjQS8S+40hoTOlgYXcXtsl83zmmFmCG/Ee2Zaomwn/K602L43Jrzjw kEioLVzZJz3ZZPfZwsbnIZphbm6H9qGNOiSXgk81RSrezqAEEZoXGeiMkDcSQg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D261058 --- Comment #4 from Graham Perrin --- (In reply to Graham Perrin from comment #2) Top left of the page:=20 > FreeBSD =E2=80=A6 A large community has continually developed it=20 > for more than thirty years. =E2=80=A6 As far as I can tell, the word "it":=20 * refers to BSD * does not refer to FreeBSD.=20 Three points in time:=20 1978-03-09 1BSD RELEASE Berkeley Software Distribution based off of UNIX 2008-12-28 "=E2=80=A6 derived from BSD, =E2=80=A6" 2009-01-01 "=E2=80=A6 FreeBSD's code base has undergone over thirty years of =E2= =80=A6" =E2=80=A6 then (I'll not guess when) ambiguity increased,=20 eventually the first paragraph at the home page became wrong.=20 ---- Thoughts:=20 * shorten or remove the paragraph * make better use of the About page * do not attempt to cram the historic relationship between BSD and FreeBSD into the home page * link from somewhere (maybe the About page) to the=20 Foundation-provided timeline * beware of ambiguous words such as "it". --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=