Bug 262274

Summary:	FreeBSD Handbook: Abstract: remove FreeBSD Mall
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	Graham Perrin <grahamperrin>
Component:	Books & Articles	Assignee:	Danilo G. Baio <dbaio>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Many People	CC:	dbaio, minsoochoo0122
Priority:	---
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any
URL:	https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/57

Description Graham Perrin freebsd_committer

2022-03-01 14:00:41 UTC

> … Printed copies can be purchased at the FreeBSD Mall. …

At the home page of the Mall: 

> The FreeBSD HandBook 3rd Edition (Volume 2)

– an old SALE item. 

A site-wide search for 'handbook' finds no other edition. 

From PR <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/57>: 

> The available FreeBSD Handbook, 3rd Ed, Admin Guide (Vol 2) 
> (ISBN 1-57176-328-7) was "completely up to date for the latest 
> FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x versions.", versions that reached end of life 
> years ago.

Comment 1 Minsoo Choo 2022-03-02 12:35:48 UTC

I'll take this

Comment 2 Minsoo Choo 2022-03-02 12:39:00 UTC

You already made a pull request. I didn't notice it. FreeBSD doc project mainly use Phabricator(reviews.freebsd.org) Ask admin to join and create a diff for this.

Comment 3 commit-hook freebsd_committer

2022-04-15 19:16:11 UTC

A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=6abd877aba908c3650882da93b57edc46031c450

commit 6abd877aba908c3650882da93b57edc46031c450
Author:     Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: 2022-03-01 13:32:21 +0000
Commit:     Danilo G. Baio <dbaio@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-04-15 19:09:47 +0000

    handbook: Remove reference to FreeBSD Mall's print copies.

    The available FreeBSD Handbook, 3rd Ed, Admin Guide (Vol 2) (ISBN
    1-57176-328-7) was "completely up to date for the latest FreeBSD 4.x and
    5.x versions.", versions that reached end of life years ago.

    PR:             262274
    Reviewed by:    dbaio
    Pull Request:   https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/57

 documentation/content/en/books/handbook/_index.adoc | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Comment 4 Danilo G. Baio freebsd_committer

2022-04-15 19:17:18 UTC

Committed, thanks!

Comment 5 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer

2022-04-19 00:59:16 UTC

Thanks! 

(In reply to Minsoo Choo from comment #2)

Re: the oversight, the URL of the PR was in the main URL field, and in comment 0. 

I'll learn more about Phabricator and the FreeBSD Project's use of it. (I've been a user for a few months, but have no idea how to begin a review. I'm now at <https://wiki.freebsd.org/Phabricator>, redirected from <https://wiki.freebsd.org/CodeReview>.)