docs/86342: bikeshed entry of Handbook is wrong
Mikhail Teterin
mi at aldan.algebra.com
Mon Sep 19 18:00:46 UTC 2005
>Number: 86342
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: bikeshed entry of Handbook is wrong
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Sep 19 18:00:38 GMT 2005
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Mikhail Teterin
>Release: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Virtual Estates, Inc.
>Environment:
>Description:
The doc on the "bikeshed" term, such as:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/mailing-list-faq/bikeshed.html
is wrong. It wrongly describes the "bikeshed" argument as
anything, where there is no consensus -- "sh vs. csh" would
qualify.
The correct explanation in FAQ is linked to, and is quite
different from that of the Handbook.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
How about:
"... However, in FreeBSD parlance, the word is a derogatory
term that refers to any argument about a non-essential part
of a proposed change, fix, or idea. Sometimes such arguments
overshadow the discussion of the essential parts much to the
detriment of progress. (The genesis of the ..."
The second paragraph -- beginning with "More generally..." --
should be removed altogether.
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