Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:10:57 GMT From: Kim Lesmer <knl@bitflop.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: advocacy/188031: Contradictions between the FAQ and the Handbook Message-ID: <201403281310.s2SDAvqJ015049@cgiserv.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201403281320.s2SDK0ii055675@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 188031 >Category: advocacy >Synopsis: Contradictions between the FAQ and the Handbook >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-advocacy >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 28 13:20:00 UTC 2014 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kim Lesmer >Release: 10 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: On the FAQ here: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/introduction.html It says, when explaining the different releases: "Briefly, -STABLE is aimed at the ISP, corporate user, or any user who wants stability and a minimal number of changes compared to the new (and possibly unstable) features of the latest -CURRENT snapshot." This is highly contradictory to the information provided several places in the Hanbook. For example: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/current-stable.html "This is still a development branch and, at any given time, the sources for FreeBSD-STABLE may or may not be suitable for general use. It is simply another engineering development track, not a resource for end-users." >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: I think having a FAQ section outside of the Handbook is a problem. It would be better, easier to keep track of things, if the FAQ is moved to the Handbook and then the above information corrected. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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