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Update and modernize the version numbers used in the FAQ examples.

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Remove references to 7.x.

Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
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Eitan Adler 2013-03-14 13:14:24 +00:00
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@ -18,18 +18,12 @@
<!ENTITY rel2.releng "<symbol>RELENG_8</symbol>">
<!ENTITY rel2.relengdate "August 2009">
<!ENTITY rel2.packages "packages-8-stable">
<!ENTITY rel3.current "7.4">
<!ENTITY rel3.relx "7.<replaceable>X</replaceable>">
<!ENTITY rel3.stable "<emphasis>7-STABLE</emphasis>">
<!ENTITY rel3.releng "<symbol>RELENG_7</symbol>">
<!ENTITY rel3.relengdate "October 2007">
<!ENTITY rel3.packages "packages-7-stable">
]>
<book lang='en'>
<bookinfo>
<title>Frequently Asked Questions for &os;
&rel3.relx;, &rel2.relx;, and &rel.relx;</title>
&rel2.relx;, and &rel.relx;</title>
<corpauthor>The &os; Documentation Project</corpauthor>
@ -78,10 +72,8 @@
<abstract>
<para>This is the FAQ for &os; versions
&rel3.relx;, &rel2.relx; and &rel.relx;.
All entries are assumed to be
relevant to &os; &rel3.relx; and later,
unless otherwise noted. If you are interested in helping with
&rel2.relx; and &rel.relx;.
If you are interested in helping with
this project, send email to the &a.doc;. The latest version of
this document is always available from the <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html">&os; website</ulink>.
@ -98,7 +90,7 @@
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>Welcome to the &os;
&rel3.relx;&nbsp;-, &rel2.relx;&nbsp;- and &rel.relx;&nbsp;-
&rel2.relx;&nbsp;- and &rel.relx;&nbsp;-
FAQ!</para>
<para>As is usual with Usenet FAQs, this document aims to cover the
@ -352,14 +344,15 @@
made from the &rel.stable; branch, and &rel2.relx;
releases are made from the &rel2.stable; branch.</para>
<para>Up until the release of 8.0, the
&rel3.relx; series was the one known as
<emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis>. However, as of 8.0, the
&rel3.relx; branch will be designated for
<para>Up until the release of 9.0, the
&rel2.relx; series was the one known as
<emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis>. However, as of
&rel.head.relx;, the
&rel2.relx;. branch will be designated for
an <quote>extended support</quote> status and receive only
fixes for major problems, such as security-related fixes.
There will be no more releases made from the
&rel3.stable; branch, and it is considered a
&rel2.stable; branch, and it is considered a
<quote>legacy</quote> branch and most current work will only
become a part of &rel.stable; and &rel2.stable;.</para>
@ -2604,7 +2597,7 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -&gt; i8254</screen>
periodic updates on new entries.</para>
<para>Most ports should work on the
&rel3.relx;, &rel2.relx;, and &rel.relx; branches.
&rel2.relx;, and &rel.relx; branches.
Each time a &os;
release is made, a snapshot of the ports tree at the time of
release in also included in the <filename class="directory">ports/</filename>
@ -2628,15 +2621,6 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -&gt; i8254</screen>
locations:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>for &rel3.relx;&nbsp;-RELEASE/&rel3.stable;</term>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/&rel3.packages;/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/&rel3.packages;</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>for &rel2.relx;&nbsp;-RELEASE/&rel2.stable;</term>
@ -2710,7 +2694,7 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -&gt; i8254</screen>
<qandaentry>
<question id="ports-4x">
<para>Why can I not build this port on my
&rel3.relx;&nbsp;-, &rel2.relx;&nbsp;-, or
&rel2.relx;&nbsp;-, or
&rel.relx;&nbsp;-STABLE machine?</para>
</question>
@ -4517,8 +4501,8 @@ options SYSVMSG # enable for messaging</programlisting>
the same way as <emphasis>-PRERELEASE</emphasis>.)</para>
<para>Long answer: &os; derives its releases from one of two
places. Major, dot-zero, releases, such as 7.0-RELEASE and
8.0-RELEASE, are branched from the head of the development
places. Major, dot-zero, releases, such as 9.0-RELEASE
are branched from the head of the development
stream, commonly referred to as <link
linkend="current">-CURRENT</link>. Minor releases, such as
6.3-RELEASE or 5.2-RELEASE, have been snapshots of the
@ -8001,11 +7985,6 @@ hint.sio.7.irq="12"</programlisting>
there are only four active branches of development):</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>&rel3.releng; AKA
&rel3.stable;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>&rel2.releng; AKA
&rel2.stable;</para>