docs/56729: [patch] artciles/pr-guidelines: explain meaning of MFC

[Ceri Davies]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:20:10AM -0700, Christian Brueffer wrote:
>  On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 09:19:40AM +0200, Josef El-Rayes wrote:
>  >=20
>  > --- article.sgml.diff begins here ---
>  > --- article.sgml.orig	Fri Sep 12 01:30:28 2003
>  > +++ article.sgml	Fri Sep 12 01:33:04 2003
>  > @@ -122,7 +122,12 @@
>  >  	  MFCed, then closes it.</para>
>  >        </listitem>
>  >      </itemizedlist>
>  >=20
>  > +    <note>
>  > +      <para>MFC means <quote>Merge From CURRENT</quote>, the action of
>  > +      merging a tested change from the -CURRENT development branch to=20
>  > +      the -STABLE branch.</para>
>  > +    </note>
>  >      <note>
>  >        <para>Many PRs are submitted with very little information about
>  >  	the problem, and some are either very complex to solve, or
>  > --- article.sgml.diff ends here ---
>  >=20
>  
>  This is already covered in the FAQ.  I think if anything, a link should
>  suffice.

I agree that it doesn't need to be duplicated in that article (else we'd be
pretty much doing it in every article).

Perhaps we should have a FreeBSD glossary, where all relevant acronyms and
terms are explained.  This could then be easily included at the end of
printed works, etc.  I'd be prepared to make a start on it, but I'd need
help for sure.

Ceri
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