svn commit: r53606 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq

Mark Linimon linimon at FreeBSD.org
Wed Nov 20 05:21:21 UTC 2019


Author: linimon
Date: Wed Nov 20 05:21:20 2019
New Revision: 53606
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/53606

Log:
  Move the information about Snapshots out of the "current" Question and
  into its own Question.  No text change.  IMHO it flows better this way.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Wed Nov 20 05:07:46 2019	(r53605)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Wed Nov 20 05:21:20 2019	(r53606)
@@ -383,53 +383,6 @@
 	    that use &os.current; are expected to be able to analyze,
 	    debug, and report problems.</para>
 
-	  <para>&os; <link
-	      xlink:href="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot</link>
-	    releases are made based on the current state of the
-	    <emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> and
-	    <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> branches.  The goals behind
-	    each snapshot release are:</para>
-
-	  <itemizedlist>
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para>To test the latest version of the installation
-		software.</para>
-	    </listitem>
-
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para>To give people who would like to run
-		<emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> or
-		<emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> but who do not have the
-		time or bandwidth to follow it on a day-to-day basis
-		an easy way of bootstrapping it onto their
-		systems.</para>
-	    </listitem>
-
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para>To preserve a fixed reference point for the code
-		in question, just in case we break something really
-		badly later.  (Although Subversion normally prevents
-		anything horrible like this happening.)</para>
-	    </listitem>
-
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para>To ensure that all new features and fixes in need
-		of testing have the greatest possible number of
-		potential testers.</para>
-	    </listitem>
-	  </itemizedlist>
-
-	  <para>No claims are made that any
-	    <emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> snapshot can be considered
-	    <quote>production quality</quote> for any purpose.
-	    If a stable and fully tested system is needed,
-	    stick to full releases.</para>
-
-	  <para>Snapshot releases are directly available from <link
-	      xlink:href="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot</link>.</para>
-
-	  <para>Official snapshots are generated on a regular
-	    basis for all actively developed branches.</para>
 	</answer>
       </qandaentry>
 
@@ -504,6 +457,62 @@
 	  <para>For people who need or want a little more excitement,
 	    binary snapshots are made weekly as discussed
 	    above.</para>
+	</answer>
+      </qandaentry>
+
+      <qandaentry>
+	<question xml:id="snapshot-freq">
+	  <para>When are &os; snapshots made?</para>
+	</question>
+
+	<answer>
+	  <para>&os; <link
+	      xlink:href="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot</link>
+	    releases are made based on the current state of the
+	    <emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> and
+	    <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> branches.  The goals behind
+	    each snapshot release are:</para>
+
+	  <itemizedlist>
+	    <listitem>
+	      <para>To test the latest version of the installation
+		software.</para>
+	    </listitem>
+
+	    <listitem>
+	      <para>To give people who would like to run
+		<emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> or
+		<emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> but who do not have the
+		time or bandwidth to follow it on a day-to-day basis
+		an easy way of bootstrapping it onto their
+		systems.</para>
+	    </listitem>
+
+	    <listitem>
+	      <para>To preserve a fixed reference point for the code
+		in question, just in case we break something really
+		badly later.  (Although Subversion normally prevents
+		anything horrible like this happening.)</para>
+	    </listitem>
+
+	    <listitem>
+	      <para>To ensure that all new features and fixes in need
+		of testing have the greatest possible number of
+		potential testers.</para>
+	    </listitem>
+	  </itemizedlist>
+
+	  <para>No claims are made that any
+	    <emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> snapshot can be considered
+	    <quote>production quality</quote> for any purpose.
+	    If a stable and fully tested system is needed,
+	    stick to full releases.</para>
+
+	  <para>Snapshot releases are directly available from <link
+	      xlink:href="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot</link>.</para>
+
+	  <para>Official snapshots are generated on a regular
+	    basis for all actively developed branches.</para>
 	</answer>
       </qandaentry>
 


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