From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 29 02:40:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B3F916A421 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:40:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD03713C459 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:40:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l6T2e1Jj019547 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l6T2e1Fr019546; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:40:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200707290240.l6T2e1Fr019546@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Ben Kaduk Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F7E116A41A for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FD2E13C46B for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l6T2a6Iw047182 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:36:06 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l6T2a6KE047181; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:36:06 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200707290236.l6T2a6KE047181@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:36:06 GMT From: Ben Kaduk To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.0 Cc: Subject: docs/115000: [PATCH] nits and updates to FAQs (part 1) X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:40:02 -0000 >Number: 115000 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] nits and updates to FAQs (part 1) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 29 02:40:01 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ben Kaduk >Release: 7.0-CURRENT >Organization: >Environment: the world-wide web. >Description: itemized (but not enumerated) changelist: o monthly, not daily, snapshots are made available at freebsd.org/snapshots/ o all monthly snapshots (not just the occasional one) are made available o the paren of the smiley doesn't close the parenthetical expression. do so o we're heading towards 6.3 now, not 6.2 o eight months between 5.5 and 6.2 (june 2006 to january 2007 -- see newvers.sh commit log) o the linked snapshots are monthly, not daily o query-pr-summary and query-pr are functionally equivalent now; linking to query-pr is semantically closer to the active text of the link (and I think -summary is deprecated?) I am not sure why this text refers to daily snapshots. Perhaps the author was thinking of the tinderboxen? If so, I didn't think their releases were made available, and they certainly aren't on the page that the FAQ links to. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: --- book.sgml.orig 2007-07-23 20:26:10.000000000 -0500 +++ book.sgml 2007-07-28 21:29:54.000000000 -0500 @@ -367,11 +367,11 @@ groups on the -CURRENT mailing list may be treated with contempt. - Every day, Every month, snapshot releases are made based on the current state of the - -CURRENT and -STABLE branches. Distributions of the - occasional snapshot are made available. The goals + -CURRENT and -STABLE branches. + The goals behind each snapshot release are: @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ To preserve a fixed reference point for the code in question, just in case we break something really badly later. (Although CVS normally prevents anything horrible - like this happening :) + like this happening :) ) @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ only well-tested bug fixes and other small incremental enhancements. FreeBSD-CURRENT, on the other hand, has been one unbroken line since 2.0 was released, leading - towards 6.2-RELEASE and beyond. Just before 6.0-RELEASE, the + towards 6.3-RELEASE and beyond. Just before 6.0-RELEASE, the 6-STABLE branch was created, and &os.current; became 7-CURRENT. For more detailed information, see @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ The &a.re; releases a new version of FreeBSD about every - four months, on average. Release dates are announced well in + eight months, on average. Release dates are announced well in advance, so that the people working on the system know when their projects need to be finished and tested. A testing period precedes each release, in order to ensure @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ - Snapshot releases are made daily for the + Snapshot releases are made monthly for the -CURRENT and -STABLE branch, these being of service purely to bleeding-edge testers and @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ The Problem Report database of all user change requests may be queried by using our web-based PR + url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?query"> query interface. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: