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Date:      Sun, 28 May 2006 15:00:32 -0400
From:      Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        remko@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: www/en/docproj todo.sgml
Message-ID:  <20060528150032.46db20b0.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060528170520.GB79291@abigail.blackend.org>
References:  <200605281300.k4SD00HO033065@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060528142347.GA79291@abigail.blackend.org> <4479B395.8040603@FreeBSD.org> <20060528170520.GB79291@abigail.blackend.org>

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On Sun, 28 May 2006 19:05:20 +0200
Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote:
> > Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> > >On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 01:00:00PM +0000, Remko Lodder wrote:
> > >>remko       2006-05-28 13:00:00 UTC
> > >>
> > >>  FreeBSD doc repository
> > >>
> > >>  Modified files:
> > >>    en/docproj           todo.sgml 
> > >>  Log:
> > >>  Add a TODO item for updating the -entire- handbook from 4.X to 5.X and
> > >>  later, while leaving the 4.X information on the background.
> > >
> > >I may be wrong but it seems this doesn't help and collides with other
> > >next items in the list.  If some parts need an update they must be
> > >clearly mentioned, this would help to know where some changes are
> > >needed.  4.X support should be dropped and not reorganized; since
> > >4.11-RELEASE Handbook is available at http://docs.freebsd.org/doc/ there
> > >is no need, most of time, to talk about 4.X.
> > >
> > >Marc
> > 
> > So you are waving the flag: Kill the 4.X specific stuff? Since that
> > would make my life much easier as the only remaining translator
> > for the NL project...
> 
> The first lines of the Handbook say:
> "This handbook covers the installation and day to day use of FreeBSD
> 5.5-RELEASE and FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE."  We should not worry about 4.X
> when it does not bring anything interesting; "old things" must be
> updated when they still exist in 5.X, etc.

If everyone is cool with it, I'd love to see all the "Note in
4.X do this" comments nuked.  :)

-- 
Tom Rhodes



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