update for browser section of the FreeBSD Handbook Desktop chapter

Benedict Reuschling bcr at FreeBSD.org
Sat Aug 6 14:33:08 UTC 2011


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Am 06.08.11 15:14, schrieb Marc Fonvieille:
> On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 03:03:21PM +0200, Rene Ladan wrote:
>> Op 06-08-2011 13:44, Benedict Reuschling schreef:
>>>
>>> Am 06.08.11 12:50, schrieb Rene Ladan:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> because Firefox 3.5 was removed from the Ports Collection, I propose to
>>>> update the browser section of the FreeBSD Handbook Desktop chapter. This
>>>> will also remove the instructions to install the Diablo Java plugin, as
>>>> these were specific to Firefox 3.5
>>>>
>>>> Comments are welcome.
>>>>
>>>> http://people.freebsd.org/~rene/patches/desktop.diff
>>>>
>>>> René
>>>
>>> Hi René,
>>>
>>> looks good to me.
>>
>> Ok, I'll commit it tomorrow (just before the doc slush) if nobody else
>> objects.
>>
>>> I was thinking about adding a section that says users
>>> need to load the sem kernel module using /boot/loader.conf to be able to
>>> use newer versions of Firefox. It's in the pkg_message, but perhaps it
>>> would be helpful to mention it in the handbook as well.
>>>
>> Personally it looks like double documentation to me, because it is
>> already in pkg_message.  But feel free to add a section if you can't resist.
>>
> 
> It's part of GENERIC kernels now, so no need to mention it.
> 
Ah, great. Then there is really no need for double documentation.
Thanks for the clarification.

Cheers

Benedict
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