Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:16:54 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: docs/55122: Handbook should mention that gdbe can't be used with vinum volumes Message-ID: <20030814091654.GI39980@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20030813233932.GA23460@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200308122008.h7CK8F9D074923@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030813054823.GP23460@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030813084125.GA408@FreeBSD.org> <20030813100234.778637ae.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20030813233932.GA23460@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:09:32AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Wednesday, 13 August 2003 at 10:02:34 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:41:27 +0200
> > "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2003.08.13 15:18:23 +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday, 12 August 2003 at 13:08:15 -0700, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> >>>> Synopsis: Handbook should mention that gdbe can't be used with vinum=
volumes
> >>>>
> >>>> Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->simon
> >>>> Responsible-Changed-By: simon
> >>>> Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Aug 12 13:07:47 PDT 2003
> >>>> Responsible-Changed-Why:
> >>>> I will handle this one.
> >>>
> >>> Please close the PR. We don't document -CURRENT; we document -STABLE.
> >>> Until things have finished developing, there's no way to know what can
> >>> be used with what.
> >>
> >> Actually we document both the latest 5.X and 4.X releases in the
> >> handbook, otherwise there would be no mention of 5.X only features like
> >> gbde.
> >
> > Greg has a valid point; however, because it could 'just not be complete=
'.
> >
> > A simple note "As of this writing, gdbe cannot work with Vinum volumes."
> > I can see how making the note would definatly be documenting for 5.X,
> > but it should not be some huge paragraph.
>=20
> My concern is that this would require another modification, another
> PR. If we did this for every transient incompatibility in -CURRENT,
> we wouldn't have time for anything else. It shouldn't be put in the
> documentation.
As a user trying to get it working, I'd be very happy to see it in the
documentation. It *should* be there, just the same as we have BUGS sections
in manpages.
When it does work, I'm sure that we'll notice.
Ceri
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