This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
I was in the middle of one of these "projects" when I started
on the next, so they wound up all intermixed)
Move the mailing list entities from authors.sgml to the new file
lists.sgml. Add an entity for majordomo at the same time.
Avoid the use of contractions. This revealed some grammer problems,
and also has the benefit of helping make things clearer for those people
who do make speak English as a their first language.
we are consistent in how they are referenced in the handbook, and
so that they are now all clickable URLs. E.g. no more mis-matched
freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org and hackers@freebsd.org. They are used
just like the individual mail addresses defined in authors.sgml.
E.g. &a.doc will expand to:
FreeBSD documentation project mailing list <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG>
Be consistent in using the FreeBSD.ORG address. All references
to freebsd.org were changed to FreeBSD.ORG.
Use pre-defined addresses for some individuals where available.
* Kernel configuration, from Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com>
I'd like as many people as possible to give this one a good
check before 2.1 goes out the door.
* Routing, from Coranth Gryphon <gryphon@healer.com>
A bazillion formatting tweaks (only 13 bazillion more to go!)
All cross reference labels start with name of the file that contains
them. A label for the top section level is simply the name of the
file (omitting the .sgml). Other references within the file append a
colon and onother name. For example, the label on the mailing list
section in the file eresources.sgml is eresources:mail. This gives
each file its own cross reference namespace.
arcihves of the mailing lists and usenet groups.
Renamed the last part "Appendicies"
Moved "PC hardware reference" to the Appendicies section and added
an introduction.
Fixed a dangling cross reference. (submitters.sgml)
Rearranged a few sections, add memoryuse section.
current.sgml, ports.sgml, porting.sgml
Added a <label>s for cross reference targes.
submitters.sgml
Lots of editing, added cross references to other sections of
the handbook. Added a sample BSD-style copyright statement.
eresources.sgml
Updated the mailing list section, thanks to Peter Dufault.
authors.sgml
Added Peter Dufault, David Greenman and Joerg Wunsch.
memoryuse.sgml
A new section about how/where in PC memory the FreeBSD kernel
gets loaded and run.
