Bug 262274 - FreeBSD Handbook: Abstract: remove FreeBSD Mall
Summary: FreeBSD Handbook: Abstract: remove FreeBSD Mall
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Books & Articles (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Many People
Assignee: Danilo G. Baio
URL: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-do...
Keywords:
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2022-03-01 14:00 UTC by Graham Perrin
Modified: 2022-04-19 00:59 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 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 freebsd_triage 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 freebsd_triage 2022-04-15 19:17:18 UTC
Committed, thanks!
Comment 5 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 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>.)