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Fix some particularly glaring errors resulting from the FAQ not using

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the correct version number entities when referring to 4.X and 5.X
releases.  Revision 1.514 tried to handle this, but failed.

Commit based on a patch in the PR.

PR:		52679
Submitted by:	"Simon L.Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>
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Bruce A. Mah 2003-05-30 19:26:20 +00:00
parent 0ce568f112
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@ -323,7 +323,8 @@
<para><ulink
URL="../handbook/cutting-edge.html#CURRENT">FreeBSD-CURRENT</ulink>
is the development version of the operating system, which
will in due course become 5.0-RELEASE. As such, it is
will in due course become the new &os.stable; branch.
This is expected to happen around 5.2-RELEASE. As such, it is
really only of interest to developers working on the
system and die-hard hobbyists. See the <ulink
URL="../handbook/cutting-edge.html#CURRENT">relevant
@ -385,7 +386,7 @@
<para>Snapshot releases are directly available from <ulink
URL="ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">
ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</ulink> for 5.0-CURRENT
ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</ulink> for 5-CURRENT
and <ulink URL="ftp://releng4.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD">
releng4.FreeBSD.org</ulink> for 4-STABLE snapshots.
3-STABLE snapshots are not being produced at the time of
@ -412,8 +413,10 @@
experimental features are quite undesirable. It receives
only well-tested bug fixes and other small incremental
enhancements. FreeBSD-CURRENT, on the other hand, has
been one unbroken line leading towards 5.0-RELEASE (and
beyond) since 2.0 was released. If a little ASCII art
been one unbroken line since 2.0 was released, leading
towards 5.2-RELEASE (and beyond). At 5.2-RELEASE, the
5-STABLE branch is expected to be created, and
&os.current; will become 6-CURRENT. If a little ASCII art
would help, this is how it looks:</para>
<programlisting> 2.0
@ -439,12 +442,18 @@
| (May 1999) (Sep 1999) (Dec 1999) (June 2000) (July 2000)
|
| [4.0-STABLE]
*BRANCH* 4.0 (Mar 2000) -&gt; 4.1 -&gt; 4.1.1 -&gt; 4.2 -&gt; 4.3 -&gt; 4.4 -&gt; ... future 4.X releases ...
*BRANCH* 4.0 (Mar 2000) -&gt; 4.1 -&gt; 4.1.1 -&gt; 4.2 -&gt; 4.3 -&gt; 4.4 -&gt; ... later 4.X releases ...
|
| (July 2000) (Sep 2000) (Nov 2000)
5.0-RELEASE (Jan 2003)
|
|
5.1-RELEASE (est. Jun 2003)
|
|
\|/
+
[5.0-CURRENT continues]</programlisting>
[5-CURRENT continues]</programlisting>
<para>The 2.2-STABLE branch was retired with the release of 2.2.8.
The 3-STABLE branch has ended with the release of 3.5.1, the
@ -453,12 +462,12 @@
fixes.</para>
<para>4-STABLE is the actively developed -STABLE branch.
The latest release on the 4-STABLE is
&rel.current;-RELEASE, which was released in
&rel.current.date;.</para>
The latest release on the 4-STABLE branch is
&rel2.current;-RELEASE, which was released in
&rel2.current.date;.</para>
<para>The 5-CURRENT branch is slowly progressing toward
5.0-RELEASE and beyond. See <link linkend="current">What
the creation of a 5-STABLE branch. See <link linkend="current">What
is FreeBSD-CURRENT?</link> for more information on this
branch.</para>
</answer>
@ -2243,7 +2252,7 @@ disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 1 # change from wd3 to wd2</programlisting
<para>Yes. FreeBSD currently runs on Intel x86 and
DEC (now Compaq) Alpha architectures. As of FreeBSD 5.0, the
SPARC-64 architecture will also be supported.
SPARC-64 architecture is also supported.
Most recent additions to the list of upcoming platforms are
IA-64, MIPS and PowerPC, join the &a.ia64;, the &a.ppc; or the &a.mips; respectively for more
information about ongoing work on these platforms. For general discussion on new architectures, join
@ -2266,8 +2275,10 @@ disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 1 # change from wd3 to wd2</programlisting
<para>This is discussed continually on the FreeBSD mailing
lists. Since hardware changes so quickly, however, we
expect this. We <emphasis>still</emphasis> strongly
recommend that you read through the
<ulink URL="&rel.current.hardware;">Hardware Notes</ulink>
recommend that you read through the Hardware notes for &os;
<ulink URL="&rel.current.hardware;">&rel.current;</ulink>
or
<ulink URL="&rel2.current.hardware;">&rel2.current;</ulink>
and search the mailing list
<ulink URL="http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/#mailinglists">
archives</ulink> before asking about the latest and
@ -2304,8 +2315,9 @@ disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 1 # change from wd3 to wd2</programlisting
</question>
<answer>
<para>See the complete list in the current <ulink
URL="&rel.current.hardware;">Hardware Notes</ulink>.</para>
<para>See the complete list in the Hardware Notes for &os;
<ulink URL="&rel.current.hardware;">&rel.current;</ulink> or
<ulink URL="&rel2.current.hardware;">&rel2.current;</ulink>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>