Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:40:06 GMT From: "Ben Kaduk" <minimarmot@gmail.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/115000: [PATCH] nits and updates to FAQs (part 1) Message-ID: <200709221740.l8MHe6m5007875@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/115000; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Ben Kaduk" <minimarmot@gmail.com> To: bug-followup@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/115000: [PATCH] nits and updates to FAQs (part 1) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:33:49 -0400 An updated diff is inlined below, but I think gmail may mangle the whitespace, so a text file is also available at http://web.mit.edu/kaduk/www/freebsd/patches/faq/book.sgml.diff.0.txt -Ben Kaduk --------- begin inline patch ------------ --- book.sgml.orig 2007-07-23 21:26:10.000000000 -0400 +++ book.sgml 2007-09-22 13:29:06.000000000 -0400 @@ -367,11 +367,11 @@ groups</quote> on the -CURRENT mailing list may be treated with contempt.</para> - <para>Every day, <ulink + <para>Every month, <ulink url="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot </ulink> 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:</para> <itemizedlist> @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ <para>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 :)</para> + like this happening :) )</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -410,8 +410,11 @@ <para>Snapshot releases are directly available from <ulink url="&url.base;/snapshots/">snapshot</ulink>.</para> - <para>Snapshots are generated, on the average, daily for - all actively developed branches.</para> + <para>Official snapshots are generated, on the average, monthly for + all actively developed branches. There are also + daily snapshot builds of the popular &arch.i386; + and &arch.amd64 branches, hosted on + <ulink url=http://snapshots.us.freebsd.org/>snapshots.us.freebsd.org</ulink>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> @@ -432,7 +435,7 @@ 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 <quote><ulink url="&url.articles.releng;/release-proc.html#REL-BRANCH"> @@ -467,7 +470,7 @@ <answer> <para>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 +535,7 @@ <listitem> <para><ulink url="&url.base;/snapshots/"> - Snapshot</ulink> releases are made daily for the + Snapshot</ulink> releases are made monthly for the <link linkend="current">-CURRENT</link> and <link linkend="stable">-STABLE</link> branch, these being of service purely to bleeding-edge testers and @@ -561,7 +564,7 @@ <para>The Problem Report database of all user change requests may be queried by using our web-based PR <ulink - url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?query"> + url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?query"> query</ulink> interface.</para>
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