Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:24:13 -0400 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net>, Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> Cc: remorse code <rone@ennui.org>, nik@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: make world failed Message-ID: <00040320303501.10876@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004031631320.36725-100000@home.offwhite.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004031631320.36725-100000@home.offwhite.net>
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Brennan W Stehling wrote: > How about having an UPDATING and an UPGRADING file? > > One could explain a simple upgrade of a similar branch while the upgrade > file will explain how to go from 3.x to 4.0 and above. That would make it > clear that there is a different method for the two situations. > > I would also like to see a VERSION file which could detail what version > the source tree is and information about that version... url's to the > release and errata pages and whatnot. > > I have copied this email to Nik Clayton, the person listed as > documentation project manager... > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/staff-who.html > > If anyone has suggestions for documenation, perhaps it should copied to > Nick Clayton so he can take some action. And if anyone would like to > assist in creating the documentation.. he's the man to contact as well. > > I would like to help, but it seems like too much work. In order to get > fully involved I would have to join the doc mailing list and then find a > role to fill. I am currenlty keeping up with the daemonnews.org core > mailing list where I am helping with the development of that site. > > If you are not contributing to the bsd community, perhaps you can offer > your assistance here. I have not been contributing until recently because > I felt I needed to learn so much before anything I do would be useful. > Now I have reached a certain level of understanding and am starting to > contribute more and more. > > Perhaps you could spare an hour or two a week to update or create some > documentation. I am sure it will be appreciated. > > Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin > projects: www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com > It's nice to see most of you handling this issue as a constructive challenge to help us users, rather than as an opportunity to get their jollies by trying to humiliate someone. To me the former is the true purpose of these lists, not the latter. Do any of you think that maybe the word "flame" might be a bit out of date? We might replace it with something like "Hey, he's just asking for some help! Don't Barton him for it!". -- Walter Brameld Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? Walter: And what does THIS button do?? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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