Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:55:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports UPDATING Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007282353550.1718@qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <20100729063836.GA60675@FreeBSD.org> References: <201007282252.o6SMqSLr046817@repoman.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007282235430.1718@qbhto.arg> <20100729063836.GA60675@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:42:29PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: >> Also, as much as I am supportive of the idea of improving our >> documentation, I'm not sure that the value of constantly revising old >> UPDATING entries exceeds the cost of the churn in the repo. > > Maybe we should start trimming UPDATING at some point. We should have been doing this for a long time now. :) I would suggest that a minimal starting point would be to trim any entry older than the oldest supported version of FreeBSD. Personally I think a convincing argument could be made for a rolling 2 (or even 1) year window. Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso
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