Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:17:03 +0000 (UTC)
From: Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info>
To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: RFC: removal of share/doc/{papers,psd,smm,usd} in 2 months
Message-ID: <slrnk83gqh.2uvc.saper@saper.info>
References: <20121019143617.GF69724@acme.spoerlein.net>
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>> Ulrich Spörlein <uqs@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > those roff sources have been very naughty and will be removed from the > tree by the end of the year. Most of those papers are severely out of > date and provide no more use to the system. They can probably also be > found online using a search engine of your choice. > > Should people feel strongly about them, we might be able to move them > over to the doc repository. I am using them quite often and I am very fond of having them locally (useful when working disconnected). I am very often reading the sendmail guide - it's good, up-to-date and explains many dark corners. Recently I found the XDR/RPC docs very useful, as I was porting some software using it and I didn't have too much knowledge about the subject. I used the ffs paper at least twice when fixing a very badly corrupted filesystem (had to use clri and similar commands to bring it back into shape). At those times, you don't want to google around. It is ok to remove stuff that is horribly obsolete and there is no chance to get it updated; but then it should be reviewed. //Marcin
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