From 2b43d680125d53d8ed3e0fc07192a1b8bd58c9e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bmah Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 00:59:36 +0000 Subject: Convert most instances of "FreeBSD" to &os;. Suggested by: ue --- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter/article.sgml | 76 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) (limited to 'release') diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter/article.sgml index 9e009df..bd63ac3 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter/article.sgml @@ -20,17 +20,17 @@
- Early Adopter's Guide to FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE + Early Adopter's Guide to &os; 5.0-RELEASE - The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team + The &os; Release Engineering Team $FreeBSD$ 2002 - The FreeBSD Release + The &os; Release Engineering Team @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Introduction - FreeBSD 5.0 marks the first new major version of FreeBSD in + &os; 5.0 marks the first new major version of &os; in over two years. Besides a number of new features, it also contains a number of major developments in the underlying system architecture. @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ functionality. For these reasons, the &a.re; does not - encourage users to blindly update from older FreeBSD releases to + encourage users to blindly update from older &os; releases to 5.0. Specifically, for more conservative users, we recommend running 4.X releases (such as 4.7-RELEASE or the upcoming 4.8-RELEASE) for the near-term @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ 5-STABLE development branch has been created; this may be around the time of 5.1-RELEASE or 5.2-RELEASE. - (FreeBSD 5.0 suffers from what has been described as a + (&os; 5.0 suffers from what has been described as a chicken and egg problem. The entire project has a goal of producing a 5.0-RELEASE that is as stable and reliable as possible. This stability and reliability requires widespread @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ release first!) This article describes some of the issues involved in - installing and running FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE. We begin with a - brief overview of the FreeBSD release process. We then present - some of the more noteworthy new features in FreeBSD 5.0, along + installing and running &os; 5.0-RELEASE. We begin with a + brief overview of the &os; release process. We then present + some of the more noteworthy new features in &os; 5.0, along with some areas that may prove troublesome for unwary users. For those users choosing to remain with 4-STABLE-based releases, we give some of the short- to medium-term plans for this @@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ - An Overview of the FreeBSD Release Process + An Overview of the &os; Release Process - FreeBSD employs a model of development that relies on multiple + &os; employs a model of development that relies on multiple development branches within the source code repository. The main branch is called CURRENT, and is referred to in the CVS repository with the HEAD tag. New features are @@ -92,21 +92,21 @@ occasionally suffers from breakages as new features are added and debugged. - Most FreeBSD releases are made from one of several + Most &os; releases are made from one of several STABLE branches. Features are only added to these branches after some amount of testing in CURRENT. At the moment, only one STABLE branch is under active development; this branch is referred to as 4-STABLE, and all of the - FreeBSD 4.X releases were based on + &os; 4.X releases were based on it. This branch has the tag RELENG_4 in the CVS repository. - FreeBSD 5.0 will be based on the CURRENT branch. This + &os; 5.0 will be based on the CURRENT branch. This will be the first release from this branch in over two years (the - last was FreeBSD 4.0, in March 2000). + last was &os; 4.0, in March 2000). - At some point after the release of FreeBSD 5.0, a - 5-STABLE branch will be created in the FreeBSD + At some point after the release of &os; 5.0, a + 5-STABLE branch will be created in the &os; CVS repository with the branch tag RELENG_5. The past two stable branches (3-STABLE and 4-STABLE) were created immediately after their respective dot-oh @@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ that the 5-STABLE branch will be created sometime after 5.1-RELEASE or 5.2-RELEASE. - More information on FreeBSD release engineering processes can be found + More information on &os; release engineering processes can be found on the Release - Engineering Web pages and in the FreeBSD Release + Engineering Web pages and in the &os; Release Engineering article. @@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ New Features - A large attraction of FreeBSD 5.0 is a number of new + A large attraction of &os; 5.0 is a number of new features. These new features and functionality generally involve large architectural changes that were not feasible to port back to - the FreeBSD 4-STABLE development branch. (By contrast, many + the &os; 4-STABLE development branch. (By contrast, many self-contained enhancements, such as new device drivers or userland utilities, have already been ported.) A brief, but not exhaustive list includes: @@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ A more comprehensive list of new features can be found in - the release notes for FreeBSD 5.0. + the release notes for &os; 5.0. Drawbacks to Early Adoption - Along with the new features of FreeBSD 5.0 come some areas + Along with the new features of &os; 5.0 come some areas that can cause problems, or at least can lead to unexpected behavior. Generally, these come from the fact that a number of features are works-in-progress. A partial list of these @@ -222,11 +222,11 @@ Because of changes in kernel data structures and ABIs/APIs, third-party binary device drivers will require - modifications to work correctly under FreeBSD 5.0. + modifications to work correctly under &os; 5.0. - Several parts of FreeBSD's base system functionality + Several parts of &os;'s base system functionality have been moved to the Ports Collection. Notable examples include Perl, UUCP, and most (but not all) @@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ A number of ports and packages do not build or do not - run correctly under FreeBSD 5.0, whereas they did under FreeBSD + run correctly under &os; 5.0, whereas they did under &os; 4-STABLE. Generally these problems are caused by compiler toolchain changes or cleanups of header files. - Because FreeBSD 5.0 is the first release from the + Because &os; 5.0 is the first release from the CURRENT branch in over two years, many of its features are seeing wide exposure for the first time. Many of these features (such as SMPng) have broad impacts on the @@ -251,15 +251,15 @@ A certain amount of debugging and diagnostic code is - still in place to help track down problems in FreeBSD 5.0's new - features. This may cause FreeBSD 5.0 to perform more slowly + still in place to help track down problems in &os; 5.0's new + features. This may cause &os; 5.0 to perform more slowly than 4-STABLE. Features are only added to the 4-STABLE development branch after a settling time in -CURRENT. - FreeBSD 5.0 does not have the stabilizing influence of a + &os; 5.0 does not have the stabilizing influence of a -STABLE branch. (It is likely that the 5-STABLE development branch will be created sometime after 5.1-RELEASE or 5.2-RELEASE.) @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ Plans for the 4-STABLE Branch - The release of FreeBSD 5.0 does not mean the end of the + The release of &os; 5.0 does not mean the end of the 4-STABLE branch. There will be at least one more release on this branch, namely 4.8-RELEASE, currently scheduled for 1 February 2003. @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ made from the 4-STABLE branch in accordance with their published policies, which can be found on the Security - page on the FreeBSD web site. Generally, the two most + page on the &os; web site. Generally, the two most recent releases from any branch will be supported with respect to security advisories and security fixes. At its discretion, the team may support other releases. @@ -315,10 +315,10 @@ Notes on Upgrading - For those users with existing FreeBSD systems, this section - offers a few notes on upgrading a FreeBSD + For those users with existing &os; systems, this section + offers a few notes on upgrading a &os; 4.X system to - 5.X. As with any FreeBSD upgrade, it + 5.X. As with any &os; upgrade, it is crucial to read the release notes and the errata for the version in question, as well as src/UPGRADING for source upgrades. @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ On the i386 and pc98 platforms, a UserConfig utility exists on 4-STABLE to allow boot-time configuration of ISA - devices when booting from installation media. Under FreeBSD + devices when booting from installation media. Under &os; 5.0, this functionality has been replaced in part by the &man.device.hints.5; mechanism (it allows specifying the same parameters, but is not interactive). @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ other things, the use of a GENERIC kernel, rather than the stripped-down kernel on the floppy images. In theory, any system capable of booting the Microsoft Windows NT - 4 installation CDROMs should be able to cope with the FreeBSD + 4 installation CDROMs should be able to cope with the &os; 5.0 CDROMs. @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ Summary - While FreeBSD 5.0 contains a number of new and exciting + While &os; 5.0 contains a number of new and exciting features, it may not be suitable for all users at this time. In this document, we presented some background on release engineering, some of the more notable new features of the 5.0 -- cgit v1.1