Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 15:09:35 +0200 From: Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/87445: comments for improvement of handbook/kernelconfig-config.html Message-ID: <1129381775.1412.3.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> In-Reply-To: <20051015123615.GC1202@gothic.blackend.org> References: <200510142331.j9ENV8nA099971@freefall.freebsd.org> <1129364021.653.11.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> <20051015055837.2a3b9035.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20051015122036.GT99170@submonkey.net> <20051015123615.GC1202@gothic.blackend.org>
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On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 14:36 +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 01:20:37PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > [ Moved to doc@ from some other place ] > > > > Actually that's a great idea. There's no reason why we couldn't, like > > today, commit a copy of the current handbook to handbook4 and then get > > rid of all the crud from the real handbook. Same deal with the FAQ. > > The information is still available then, but we no longer have to tear > > our own hair own trying to maintain the documents. > > > > If people agree with that idea, let's freeze a Handbook4 and stop > "supporting" 4.X in docs. (By "freeze" I mean no any new > addition/change beside typos.) Let's then create a HANDBOOK_4 (or > something like that) tag for CVSup operations. > We could do the same for Handbook5 when 5.X will be dropped. > Well, we could do the same as the Security Officer and set up a schedule > for releases Handbook/docs support; this schedule will allow us to know > when a HandbookX freeze will happen. I like this. The 4.x/5.x/6.x maintenance nightmare is driving me crazy. -- Joel - joel at FreeBSD dot org
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