Bug 293468 - The FreeBSD Mall is defunct and should be removed from documentation
Summary: The FreeBSD Mall is defunct and should be removed from documentation
Status: In Progress
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Website (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody)
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Reported: 2026-02-26 17:07 UTC by Wolfram Schneider
Modified: 2026-03-05 17:45 UTC (History)
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Description Wolfram Schneider freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-02-26 17:07:38 UTC 
The FreeBSD Mall is defunct, the website http://www.freebsdmall.com/ is down for weeks. The last sold DVD was from FreeBSD 14.3 - 8 month ago.

We should remove any links to the  FreeBSD Mall website from our documentation.
Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-02-26 17:17:51 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=b9e505a8fde619b107912628a398f31b1e946029

commit b9e505a8fde619b107912628a398f31b1e946029
Author:     Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-26 17:16:54 +0000
Commit:     Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-26 17:16:54 +0000

    remove stale FreeBSD Mall links
    PR: 293468

 website/content/en/mailto.adoc | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
Comment 2 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-02-26 20:35:32 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=ce5cc64018697f4738303c6d63480272e911ae22

commit ce5cc64018697f4738303c6d63480272e911ae22
Author:     Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-26 20:34:55 +0000
Commit:     Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-26 20:34:55 +0000

    remove stale FreeBSD Mall links

    PR: 293468

 website/data/en/vendors/consulting.toml | 7 -------
 website/data/en/vendors/misc.toml       | 5 -----
 2 files changed, 12 deletions(-)
Comment 3 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-02-26 20:59:35 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=0f71ddbf2677a99106aff72e9bdb92c93c51f1c6

commit 0f71ddbf2677a99106aff72e9bdb92c93c51f1c6
Author:     Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-26 20:58:28 +0000
Commit:     Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-26 20:58:28 +0000

    remove stale FreeBSD Mall links

    PR: 293468

 website/content/en/where.adoc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Comment 4 Graham Perrin 2026-02-27 03:14:15 UTC 
Thanks. 

At a glance (without a thorough cross-check), <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/604> also covered: 

<https://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon/>
Comment 5 Graham Perrin 2026-02-27 18:25:46 UTC 
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~/d/f/doc (main)> git pull --ff-only
Already up-to-date.
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~/d/f/doc (main)> rg -il freebsdmall.com . --sort=path | grep -v -e .po -e announce -e events -e news -e press -e releases | grep /en/
./documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc
./documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mirrors/_index.adoc
./documentation/content/en/books/handbook/preface/_index.adoc
./website/content/en/copyright/daemon.adoc
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~/d/f/doc (main)>
Comment 6 Graham Perrin 2026-03-05 17:45:49 UTC 
doc a983d9164165
handbook/mirrors: Remove FreeBSD Mall links