On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 10:08:01PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:53:36PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote: > > >>> I see one problem with this change and the first sentence of the > > >>> Handbook: > > >>> "Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to > > >>> day use of FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE and FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE." > > >>> I think we should wait for new releases directly supporting Xorg 7.2 > > >>> before attempting to update this chapter, this will avoid problems for > > >>> the newcomers to FreeBSD. > > >>> > > >> The versions mentioned support Xorg 7.2, we should not lie about them, > > >> but your opinion is denoted, thanks for that. > > >> > > > > > > My opinion does not count, the only thing that counts is the fact that > > > if one installs FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE or FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE via the > > > CD/DVD/ISO and use the packages from these supports there will be a > > > problem with what is now written in the Handbook. > > > > > > > ports are never up to date in whatever release, if this is a problem > > we should add a note about this instead of hiding the fact. > > > > Ports? I never talked about ports. I just meant someone that installs a > FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE from CD (which is the way most of non-experts use) > and installs all his applications and of course X11 from the packages > available on these CDs, then the informations for the fonts or xdm will be > just wrong.
No, but the handbook on their CD will match. The Handbook documents
-STABLE; that's been the convention since about forever and without
branching I can't think of any other way of doing it.
Ceri
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