cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 chapter.sgml

[Remko Lodder]

Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:40:56PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote:
>> Marc Fonvieille wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 05:39:06PM +0000, Remko Lodder wrote:
>>>> remko       2007-06-27 17:39:06 UTC
>>>>
>>>>   FreeBSD doc repository
>>>>
>>>>   Modified files:
>>>>     en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 chapter.sgml 
>>>>   Log:
>>>>   Correct the references to xdm and x-libraries which changed to /usr/local.
>>>>
>>> I see one problem with this change and the first sentence of the
>>> Handbook:
>>> "Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to
>>> day use of FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE and FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE."
>>> I think we should wait for new releases directly supporting Xorg 7.2
>>> before attempting to update this chapter, this will avoid problems for
>>> the newcomers to FreeBSD.
>>>
>> The versions mentioned support Xorg 7.2, we should not lie about them,
>> but your opinion is denoted, thanks for that.
>>
> 
> My opinion does not count, the only thing that counts is the fact that
> if one installs FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE or FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE via the
> CD/DVD/ISO and use the packages from these supports there will be a
> problem with what is now written in the Handbook.
> 

ports are never up to date in whatever release, if this is a problem
we should add a note about this instead of hiding the fact.

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Kind regards,

     Remko Lodder               ** remko at elvandar.org
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