[RFC] A Handbook Section on Updating the Documentation Set

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:29:48 +0100, Gabor PALI <pgj at freebsd.org> wrote:
> In reply to a previous discussion about documentation packages and
> Docsnap [1], I have created a patch about how to update the
> documentation set.  This patch adds a section to the FreeBSD Handbook,
> Chapter 24. "Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD".  It describes some
> methods for updating, like using CVSup and rebuilding the
> documentation from source, and using Docsnap.  Of course, other
> methods can be added later on, you can think of it as a stub for such
> methods.

> Thank Giorgos, Manolis, Rene, and Tom for the early reviews and
> comments, and thanks for further replies in advance.

> [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2008-December/015099.html
> [2] http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/12/27/updating-upgrading-documentation.patch.diff

It goes without saying that after his patience with all my comments
about the patch, and the changes we made this afternoon, Gabor has my
full approval for the patch :)