svn commit: r41010 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors

Benjamin Kaduk kaduk at MIT.EDU
Mon Feb 18 21:01:57 UTC 2013


On Mon, 18 Feb 2013, Eitan Adler wrote:

> Author: eadler
> Date: Mon Feb 18 19:54:21 2013
> New Revision: 41010
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41010
>
> Log:
>  While cvsup is deprecated, as long as it is documented and working,
>  don't document bogus, ancient, or useless parts.
>
>  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
>
> Modified:
>  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
>
> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml	Mon Feb 18 15:53:41 2013	(r41009)
> +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml	Mon Feb 18 19:54:21 2013	(r41010)
> @@ -1254,33 +1241,12 @@ src-all</programlisting>
> 	  translation of documentation, you can put the following in
> 	  your <filename>refuse</filename> file:</para>
>
> -	<programlisting>doc/bn_*
> -doc/da_*
> -doc/de_*
> -doc/el_*
> -doc/es_*
> -doc/fr_*
> -doc/hu_*
> -doc/it_*
> -doc/ja_*
> -doc/mn_*
> -doc/nl_*
> -doc/no_*
> -doc/pl_*
> -doc/pt_*
> -doc/ru_*
> -doc/sr_*
> -doc/tr_*
> -doc/zh_*</programlisting>
> -
> -	<para>and so forth for the other languages (you can find the
> -	  full list by browsing the
> -	  <ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/">&os; CVS
> -	    repository</ulink>).</para>
> +	<programlisting>bin/
> +usr.bin/</programlisting>

How is refusing bin and usr.bin relevant for people who only know English 
and German (the part of the text above the quoted portion)?

> -	<para>With this very useful feature, those users who are on
> +	<para>With this very feature, those users who are on

Do we care more that it is this particular feature or that it is a useful 
feature?  ("With this very ..." does not seem particularly consistent with 
our style.)

-Ben

> 	  slow links or pay by the minute for their Internet
> -	  connection will be able to save valuable time as they will
> +	  connection will be able to save time as they will
> 	  no longer need to download files that they will never use.
> 	  For more information on <filename>refuse</filename> files
> 	  and other neat features of <application>CVSup</application>,


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