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From: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@FreeBSD.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Remove outdated KDM instructions from the FreeBSD handbook
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>Number:         94867
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Remove outdated KDM instructions from the FreeBSD handbook
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    brueffer
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
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>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 23 17:30:21 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:    Fri Mar 31 22:53:02 CEST 2006
>Last-Modified:  Fri Mar 31 22:53:02 CEST 2006
>Originator:     Michael Nottebrock
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>Description:
The information about KDM in chapter 5.7.3.1 is so 
outdated that it became dangerously wrong - if someone actually attempted to do what is suggested there with a recent version of KDE/KDM, they'd completely 
break their setup.

Setting up KDM these days is very trivial - from the FAQ on http://freebsd.kde.org:

Q11: How do I get kdm to work?
A11.1 Replace the ttyv8 line in /etc/ttys with: 

ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure

Since I don't think this alone is worth keeping the KDM section of the handbook, I propose to completely delete chapter 5.7.3.1 and 5.6.5.

Furthermore, the description of KDE in chapter 5.7.2.1 is inaccurate, specifically: "KDE has an office application suite based on KDE's 
&#8220;KParts&#8221; technology consisting of a spread-sheet, a presentation application, 
an organizer, a news client and more." This sentence should be removed as well.

Finally, section 5.7.3.2 has outdated information, too - these days, there is 
no more 'Preferences' submenu in the K-Menu. Also, antialiased fonts have 
been enabled by default in new KDE installations for some time and the QT_XFT 
environment variable is no longer needed either - again, the whole chapter is 
a candidate for removal.
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From: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org>
To: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/94867: Remove outdated KDM instructions from the FreeBSD
 handbook
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:09:58 +0100

 Michael Nottebrock wrote:
 >> Number:         94867
 >> Category:       docs
 >> Synopsis:       Remove outdated KDM instructions from the FreeBSD handbook
 
 After the detailed changes you gave to us, why do you propone to remove
 the KDE sections completely? I'd prefer to keep them short with basic
 description and installation instruction, so they'll have much
 probability to remain up to date, but leaving them in the handbook.
 
 --
 Alex Dupre

From: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org>
To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, lofi@freebsd.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/94867: Remove outdated KDM instructions from the FreeBSD
 handbook
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:22:18 +0200

 I didn't give any changes, I pointed out specific sections in the the
 chapter which are entirely obsolete.
 
 If you like, you can copy the Q&A from the FKO Faq on KDM and make it
 the new KDM section, but I'd much prefer to have all the mentioned
 sections removed. Wrong documentation is worse than no documentation and
 http://freebsd.kde.org is a much more convenient way for us (the KDE
 maintainers) to provide documentation on FreeBSD-specific KDE matters.
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->brueffer 
Responsible-Changed-By: brueffer 
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Mar 31 22:26:03 CEST 2006 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
My precious! 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=94867 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: brueffer 
State-Changed-When: Fri Mar 31 22:51:59 CEST 2006 
State-Changed-Why:  
Information updated, case closed.  Thanks! 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=94867 
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