cvs commit: www/en/docproj todo.sgml

Tom Rhodes trhodes at FreeBSD.org
Sun May 28 12:00:40 PDT 2006


On Sun, 28 May 2006 19:05:20 +0200
Marc Fonvieille <blackend at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote:
> > Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> > >On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 01:00:00PM +0000, Remko Lodder wrote:
> > >>remko       2006-05-28 13:00:00 UTC
> > >>
> > >>  FreeBSD doc repository
> > >>
> > >>  Modified files:
> > >>    en/docproj           todo.sgml 
> > >>  Log:
> > >>  Add a TODO item for updating the -entire- handbook from 4.X to 5.X and
> > >>  later, while leaving the 4.X information on the background.
> > >
> > >I may be wrong but it seems this doesn't help and collides with other
> > >next items in the list.  If some parts need an update they must be
> > >clearly mentioned, this would help to know where some changes are
> > >needed.  4.X support should be dropped and not reorganized; since
> > >4.11-RELEASE Handbook is available at http://docs.freebsd.org/doc/ there
> > >is no need, most of time, to talk about 4.X.
> > >
> > >Marc
> > 
> > So you are waving the flag: Kill the 4.X specific stuff? Since that
> > would make my life much easier as the only remaining translator
> > for the NL project...
> 
> The first lines of the Handbook say:
> "This handbook covers the installation and day to day use of FreeBSD
> 5.5-RELEASE and FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE."  We should not worry about 4.X
> when it does not bring anything interesting; "old things" must be
> updated when they still exist in 5.X, etc.

If everyone is cool with it, I'd love to see all the "Note in
4.X do this" comments nuked.  :)

-- 
Tom Rhodes


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