Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:34:33 -0700 From: bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: docs/55526: Update the branches pic and ascii art for the releng article Message-ID: <200308141634.h7EGYXmh088187@intruder.kitchenlab.org> In-Reply-To: <20030814162607.GB1374@FreeBSD.org> References: <200308132214.h7DMExm1062457@freefall.freebsd.org> <200308141554.h7EFsImh087611@intruder.kitchenlab.org> <20030814162607.GB1374@FreeBSD.org>
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--==_Exmh_1643692776P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, "Simon L. Nielsen" wrote: > On 2003.08.14 08:54:18 -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > I'd make a weak argument that an article on release engineering > > procedures is the wrong place for a definitive list of branches and > > releases, so expending lots of effort on keeping this exactly up-to-date > > isn't really required. > > There is also the branch ASCII image in the FAQ - > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/introduction.html#STAB= > LE > =2E Perhaps we could merge these two one figure e.g. in the Handbook ? Maybe. I'm not a big fan of ASCII art for complex graphs, but definitely I'm in favor of eliminating duplicate information that can get out of sync. > > Here's something I was playing with while trying to get some experience= > =20 > > with OpenOffice: > >=20 > > http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/releng/releases.ps > >=20 > > Not saying that we need to adopt this document, but just tossing it out= > =20 > > for discussion. > > I find it a bit hard to get the "big picture" quickly since the the > graph lines are "broken". Just my 0.02c. Good point. This is a problem especially near the right side of the figure, where we have parallel HEAD and RELENG branches. I'll see if I can connect these up in a non-confusing, non-ugly way. Thanks, Bruce. --==_Exmh_1643692776P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE/O7oY2MoxcVugUsMRAgUdAJ4xp86ei7/bN1FIPMetuLoDm+DfQgCbBvbT f3FVmYtCeXpJiM8pKHZHv3Y= =OqJv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1643692776P--
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