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Date:      Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:20:56 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
Cc:        cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml
Message-ID:  <20061205152056.GM73470@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <20061205135214.K72517@woozle.rinet.ru>
References:  <200612041443.kB4EhpBG035838@repoman.freebsd.org> <4574A587.3050903@FreeBSD.org> <20061205135214.K72517@woozle.rinet.ru>

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On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 01:53:54PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Doug Barton wrote:
>=20
> DB> >   Modified files:
> DB> >     en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml=20
> DB> >   Log:
> DB> >   A class C network for 192.168.0.0/24 includes the address
> DB> >   range 192.168.0.0-192.168.0.255, not 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255
> DB> >  =20
> DB> >   Submitted by:   Tom Van Looy <tom@ctors.net>
> DB> >  =20
> DB> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> DB> >   1.338     +1 -1      doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/c=
hapter.sgml
> DB> >=20
> DB> > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/han=
dbook/install/chapter.sgml.diff?&r1=3D1.337&r2=3D1.338&f=3Dh
> DB> >=20
> DB>=20
> DB> In an ideal world, all references to Class [ABC] networks would
> DB> disappear from our docs, and be replaced by their CIDR equivalents.
>=20
> There are suprisingly small number of such places.  What do you think abo=
ut the=20
> patch attached?

> --- books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml	4 Dec 2006 14:43:50 -0000	1.338
> +++ books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml	5 Dec 2006 10:53:35 -0000
> @@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@
> =20
>  	  <listitem>
>  	    <para>The address block being used for this local area
> -	      network is a Class C block
> +	      network is a (historical) Class C block
>  	      (<hostid role=3D"ipaddr">192.168.0.0</hostid> -
>  	      <hostid role=3D"ipaddr">192.168.0.255</hostid>).
>  	      The default netmask is for a Class C network

Any reason we can't get rid of the mention of "class C" in both cases
there?  Something like:

  The address block being used for this local area network is
  192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0.

Ceri
--=20
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                  -- Moliere

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