svn commit: r42848 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releng
Eitan Adler
eadler at FreeBSD.org
Sat Oct 5 06:18:17 UTC 2013
Author: eadler
Date: Sat Oct 5 06:18:16 2013
New Revision: 42848
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42848
Log:
Simplify the "FAQ" which is really just "how to find old releases"
Reviewed by: Allan Jude <freebsd at allanjude.com>
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releng/index.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releng/index.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releng/index.xml Sat Oct 5 06:16:14 2013 (r42847)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releng/index.xml Sat Oct 5 06:18:16 2013 (r42848)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
Engineering Team</a></li>
<li><a href="#docs">Release Engineering Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="#team">Current Release Engineering Team</a></li>
- <li><a href="#faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#old">Old Releases</a></li>
<!--
<li>General information about committing to -STABLE.</li>
@@ -445,24 +445,18 @@
<p><strong>Package Builders (&contact.portmgr;)</strong> :
&a.portmgr.members;</p>
- <h2><a name="faq" id="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a></h2>
+ <h2><a name="old" id="old">Old Releases</a></h2>
- <p>Where can I find the release directory or ISO images for older
- FreeBSD releases?</p>
-
- <p>The FreeBSD Project does not maintain a centralized historical
- archive of old release ISO images, but there are still many
- options. A large collection of the old releases (many
- complete with the package sets) is at <a
+ <p>The &os; Project does not maintain a complete
+ archive of old release ISO images but many
+ of them are available at <a
href="ftp://ftp-archive.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/">
- ftp://ftp-archive.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/</a>.
- If you are unable to find an FTP mirror that still contains the
+ ftp://ftp-archive.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>If you are unable to find an FTP mirror that still contains the
release you are looking for, then you can email CD-ROM vendors to
see if they have any old releases available. In September 2003,
we know of a case where FreeBSD 1.1 was used in a court of law to
- invalidate a bogus software patent. Clearly, older releases can
- be very important in some situations.</p>
-
-
+ invalidate a bogus software patent.</p>
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