Bug 25376

Summary: Let's not be hemispherist in our release schedule
Product: Documentation Reporter: dan <dan>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
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Description dan 2001-02-26 09:30:01 UTC 
	Let's not refer to seasons in release schedules.  That's so old world.
Comment 1 Bruce A. Mah freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-02-27 00:27:32 UTC 
If memory serves me right, dan@freebsddiary.org wrote:

> --- index.sgml.original	Mon Feb 26 22:14:30 2001
> +++ index.sgml	Mon Feb 26 22:15:07 2001
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
>         The next scheduled release on the <b>-stable</b> branch will be
>         <b>FreeBSD 4.3</b> in late March of 2001.  The first release on
>         what is now the <b>-current</b> branch will be <b>FreeBSD 5.0</b>,
> -       scheduled for late summer 2001.
> +       scheduled for late northern hemisphere summer 2001.

Urf.  Well, if we're going to fix the problem, let's fix it all the way.
I propose "scheduled for the third quarter of 2001", to remove any 
reference to anybody's seasons.  :-)

Bruce.
Comment 2 Dan Langille 2001-02-27 00:29:46 UTC 
On 26 Feb 2001, at 16:27, Bruce A. Mah wrote:

> If memory serves me right, dan@freebsddiary.org wrote:
> 
> > --- index.sgml.original	Mon Feb 26 22:14:30 2001
> > +++ index.sgml	Mon Feb 26 22:15:07 2001
> > @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
> >         The next scheduled release on the <b>-stable</b> branch will be
> >         <b>FreeBSD 4.3</b> in late March of 2001.  The first release on
> >         what is now the <b>-current</b> branch will be <b>FreeBSD
> >         5.0</b>,
> > -       scheduled for late summer 2001.
> > +       scheduled for late northern hemisphere summer 2001.
> 
> Urf.  Well, if we're going to fix the problem, let's fix it all the way. I
> propose "scheduled for the third quarter of 2001", to remove any reference
> to anybody's seasons.  :-)

Good suggestion!

-- 
Dan Langille
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Comment 3 Dan Langille 2001-03-02 00:32:42 UTC 
On 26 Feb 2001, at 16:27, Bruce A. Mah wrote:

> If memory serves me right, dan@freebsddiary.org wrote:
> 
> > --- index.sgml.original	Mon Feb 26 22:14:30 2001
> > +++ index.sgml	Mon Feb 26 22:15:07 2001
> > @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
> >         The next scheduled release on the <b>-stable</b> branch will be
> >         <b>FreeBSD 4.3</b> in late March of 2001.  The first release on
> >         what is now the <b>-current</b> branch will be <b>FreeBSD
> >         5.0</b>,
> > -       scheduled for late summer 2001.
> > +       scheduled for late northern hemisphere summer 2001.
> 
> Urf.  Well, if we're going to fix the problem, let's fix it all the way. I
> propose "scheduled for the third quarter of 2001", to remove any reference
> to anybody's seasons.  :-)

Bruce, would you mind amending the patch and committing it for me 
please?  Or would you rather I resubmit the patch?

-- 
Dan Langille
pgpkey - finger dan@unixathome.org | http://unixathome.org/finger.php
got any work?  I'm looking for some.
Comment 4 Bruce A. Mah freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-03-02 01:56:40 UTC 
If memory serves me right, "Dan Langille" wrote:

> Bruce, would you mind amending the patch and committing it for me 
> please?  Or would you rather I resubmit the patch?

OK.  I was waiting for a "real" -doc committer to come along and handle
this, but I *think* I can do this without blowing up the Web site.  :-)

Bruce.
Comment 5 Bruce A. Mah freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-03-02 02:02:53 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Committed as per our discussion...thanks!