Preface need update.
Tom Rhodes
trhodes at FreeBSD.org
Mon Dec 15 11:29:06 UTC 2008
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:32:07 -0800
"Murray Stokely" <murray at stokely.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Tom Rhodes <trhodes at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Thanks for that! I definitely slacked here, but I'll keep this
> > in mind for the future. About the updating chapter, I am unable
> > to find any information on portsnap in my printed copy of the
> > Handbook (third edition). They could have existed (I see a
> > 2006 commit date for freebsd-update in src) but seem to have
> > not been documented in the handbook.
>
> Ahh, I see, nothing was moved over from the Cutting Edge chapter.
>
> This chapter has just about the exact same purpose as the new Updating
> chapter, they just describe different tools. The first chapter
> Updating, even references the latter chapter (Cutting Edge) as a
> pre-requisite in the synopsis by saying one needs to read it to learn
> about Mergemaster.
>
> There should only be one updating chapter. Cutting Edge was there
> first, but updating is maybe a better name.
>
> How do you feel about merging them back into one chapter?
>
> > Anyway, how does this patch look to you?:
>
> Everything else looks good, except I don't like that we now have two
> chapters for updating instead of one. I wasn't paying attention when
> that happened. =) Maybe just submit the new item for auditing while
> we sort out what to do about updating?
>
> - Murray
>
Works for me. Let me work over a patch today (I should have
enough time) and get it out. :)
--
Tom Rhodes
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