Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:09:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com> To: nik@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Per-release installation instructions? Message-ID: <200206112109.OAA20191@eskimo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020611210023.A39690@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> (message from Nik Clayton on Tue, 11 Jun 2002 21:00:23 %2B0100)
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I have to say that FreeBSD, while I usually admire its conservative good taste, has hung on to 3.X about 1-2 releases too long. For a while it was been some flusterment to be walking someone through an install and then, when we get to the 'configure X' part to say "nope, forget that, install this port, now execute this command with the -configure argument -- yeah yeah, I know it is not in the book but just do it" (be it Greg's book or the handbook etc). I was happy to find that the handbook has been updated to mention 4.X and how to deal with it. Nik, Is 4.X now the default? I was confused by your message. I hope it finally is. Secondly, might it not be better to just have had the mention of XFree in the handbook qualified by FreeBSD version. Many other parts have 4.X versus 5.0 instructions. I don't see why this should have been any different. OR are you saying that by linking to the online installation notes that information post-4.5 was being mixed in with information current with 4.5? Was this because one was the online handbook and it should have been following a local link? I think I have run into ickiness like that when I try to get port information online and find that it is inconsistent with my ports directory because I haven't cvsup-ed. Really, I suppose the best thing that one can strive for is that the docs one reads are current with the CD-set they came with and won't link out online unless there is a damn good reason to. -r To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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