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From: Gavin Atkinson
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc:
Subject: alpha platform page on website needs update
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>Number: 121531
>Category: www
>Synopsis: [patch] alpha platform page on website needs update
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: jkois
>State: closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 09 15:20:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date: Fri May 23 18:24:23 UTC 2008
>Last-Modified: Fri May 23 18:30:01 UTC 2008
>Originator: Gavin Atkinson
>Release: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD ga9test2.york.ac.uk 7.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 #0: Fri Nov 16 19:12:38 UTC 2007 root@myers.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
The alpha platform page at http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/alpha.html
speaks of FreeBSD 7.0 in the future tense, rather than the current. Also minor
tweaks to make this page match the style of the others.
>How-To-Repeat:
N/A
>Fix:
--- alpha.diff begins here ---
Index: www/en/platforms/alpha.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/ncvs/www/en/platforms/alpha.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 alpha.sgml
--- www/en/platforms/alpha.sgml 19 Aug 2006 21:20:40 -0000 1.6
+++ www/en/platforms/alpha.sgml 9 Mar 2008 15:08:26 -0000
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@
&header;
This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to HP/Compaq Alpha
- systems.
+ systems. Discussion of the Alpha port takes place on the
+ freebsd-alpha
+ mailing list.
- Note: As of FreeBSD 7.0, support for the Alpha platform will be
+
Status:
+
+ Note: As of FreeBSD 7.0, support for the Alpha platform has been
removed. The development of new Alpha systems has been discontinued by
the hardware vendor; this combined with the widespread deployment of
more mainstream 64-bit platforms, such as the AMD64 and Intel EM64T
@@ -20,12 +24,11 @@
community interest. FreeBSD/alpha support will continue in maintenance
mode for future FreeBSD 6.x releases.
- FreeBSD/alpha Specific Links
+
-
+ To subscribe to this list, send mail to <freebsd-alpha-subscribe@FreeBSD.org>
+ or visit mailman interface.
Other Links of Interest
--- alpha.diff ends here ---
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-www->jkois
Responsible-Changed-By: jkois
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri May 23 17:42:29 UTC 2008
Responsible-Changed-Why:
I will take it.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=121531
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: jkois
State-Changed-When: Fri May 23 18:22:36 UTC 2008
State-Changed-Why:
Committed. Thanks for the contribution.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=121531
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Cc:
Subject: Re: www/121531: commit references a PR
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 18:22:21 +0000 (UTC)
jkois 2008-05-23 18:22:16 UTC
FreeBSD doc repository
Modified files:
en/platforms alpha.sgml
Log:
PR: www/121531
- Update the FreeBSD/alpha status page.
- Alpha is no longer supported under 7.X. See also
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200605111424.04935.jhb
Contributed by: Gavin Atkinson (gavin dot atkinson at ury dot york dot ac dot uk)
Revision Changes Path
1.7 +12 -8 www/en/platforms/alpha.sgml
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