svn commit: r51196 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Mon Nov 13 02:40:50 UTC 2017

Author: bjk
Date: Mon Nov 13 02:40:49 2017
New Revision: 51196
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51196

Log:
  Add 2017Q3 entry for Absolute FreeBSD 3rd Edition, from mwlucas

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml	Sun Nov 12 21:36:47 2017	(r51195)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml	Mon Nov 13 02:40:49 2017	(r51196)
@@ -311,4 +311,47 @@
       <task>Implement <tt>info os</tt> commands.</task>
     </help>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='doc'>
+    <title>Absolute &os;, 3rd Edition</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Michael</given>
+	  <common>Lucas</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>mwlucas at michaelwlucas.com</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/3020">Official Announcement</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>The first draft of the third edition of <em>Absolute
+	&os;</em> is finished.  It is 220,200 words, or roughly enough to
+	stun a medium-sized ox.  It's on target to be in print before
+	BSDCan 2018.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <help>
+      <task>Stare at the wall blankly for a few days.</task>
+
+      <task>Fix all the problems pointed out by dozens of community
+	reviewers.</task>
+
+      <task>Fix all the problems pointed out by John Baldwin, tech
+	reviewer extraordinaire.</task>
+
+      <task>Editing.  Copyediting.  Page layout.  Page editing.
+	Re-editing.  Indexing.  Edits discovered by indexer.</task>
+
+      <task>Pre-orders should open some time next year.</task>
+
+      <task>Restrain myself from strangling people who ask when the
+	fourth edition is coming.</task>
+    </help>
+  </project>
 </report>
