[RFC] Understanding The FreeBSD Version Labels

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2006-05-11 20:36, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at freebsd.org> wrote:
>On 2006-05-10 19:58, Duane Whitty <duane at greenmeadow.ca> wrote:
>>Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>>>>The document is at
>>>>http://www.dwlabs.ca/fbsd-releases

Ok, I went through this document.  It looks great :)

The following patch shows some minor changes you may like to incorporate
in your online version:

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--- fbsd-releases.txt.orig	Wed May 10 10:21:15 2006
+++ fbsd-releases.txt	Thu May 11 21:03:38 2006
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 FreeBSD understand what the various labels used in reference to FreeBSD mean.  I hope
 that by reading this that people will, for example, be able to more easily understand
 the communications which take place on the various FreeBSD mailing lists and perhaps
-make a more informed decision on what to us as their first version of FreeBSD.
+make a more informed decision on what to use as their first version of FreeBSD.
 
 This guide should not be taken as an authoritative source for version information
 on FreeBSD, how tagging works in Concurrent Version System (CVS), or as a reference
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 The authoritative source for all version tags relating to the source of the FreeBSD
 operating system is to be found at $CVSROOT/src/UPDATING,v in the FreeBSD CVS repository
 
+## Perhaps we can add a link to the cvsweb version of this file here?
 
 
 Duane Whitty
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
 FreeBSD developers use to make changes to the files which make up the operating system.  One
 of the reasons FreeBSD developers use CVS is because it records their changes to the files
 which constitute FreeBSD.  This leaves a traceable history of all changes made, in a
-reproducible manner.  CVS is also an indispensable tool for coordinatng the development
+reproducible manner.  CVS is also an indispensable tool for coordinating the development
 efforts of the many people working on FreeBSD.
 
 There are many details to how CVS works but there are two main concepts which, once
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
 detail we need to understand is that every time a file is added to the archive or modified
 within the archive, a sequential number, called a revision number, is asssigned to it.  Every
 change to a particular file increases that file's revision number by one (this is a
-simplification but is accurate enough for our purposes.)  It is because of this revision
+simplification but is accurate enough for our purposes).  It is because of this revision
 number that we can access any source file of the FreeBSD operating system that ever existed.
 This revision number alone however is not enough for us to access any particular release
 of the FreeBSD operating system.  The next concept is even simpler.  From time to time,
@@ -234,9 +235,8 @@
 issue is addressed if it clearly does not effect you.  You can upgrade when you believe
 the time is right.
 
-If you are an experinced FreeBSD user, developer, or administrator
-then you are fully capabable of deciding for yourself and, in that case, who am I to tell
-you what to do?
+If you are an experienced FreeBSD user, developer, or administrator then you are fully
+capabable of deciding for yourself and, in that case, who am I to tell you what to do?
 
 
 
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