[RFC] A Handbook Section on Updating the Documentation Set

Manolis Kiagias sonic2000gr at gmail.com
Sat Dec 27 21:14:57 UTC 2008


Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:29:48 +0100, Gabor PALI <pgj at freebsd.org> wrote:
>   
>> In reply to a previous discussion about documentation packages and
>> Docsnap [1], I have created a patch about how to update the
>> documentation set.  This patch adds a section to the FreeBSD Handbook,
>> Chapter 24. "Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD".  It describes some
>> methods for updating, like using CVSup and rebuilding the
>> documentation from source, and using Docsnap.  Of course, other
>> methods can be added later on, you can think of it as a stub for such
>> methods.
>>     
>
>   
>> Thank Giorgos, Manolis, Rene, and Tom for the early reviews and
>> comments, and thanks for further replies in advance.
>>     
>
>   
>> [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2008-December/015099.html
>> [2] http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/12/27/updating-upgrading-documentation.patch.diff
>>     
>
> It goes without saying that after his patience with all my comments
> about the patch, and the changes we made this afternoon, Gabor has my
> full approval for the patch :)
>
>   
Fully supported by me too :)



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