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Some seriously outdated info in Debian Reference

Subject: Some seriously outdated info in Debian Reference
From: Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:50:08 +0100
Newsgroups: linux.debian.doc
Hi Osamu,

While working on the installation guide I happened to take a look at the 
Debian Reference and noticed that there are some sections that are 
seriously outdated where it comes to the detailed information in them:
-http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-kernel-details
-http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-bootfloppy
-http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-install.en.html#s3.1.8
-http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-install.en.html#s3.8
 especially the first 3 subsections (maybe the 4th too)

IMHO it would be better to remove the clearly outdated info than to keep 
it in for Etch.

Also:
-http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-uptodate
 aptitude has been the preferred tool since Sarge for upgrading and isn't
 even mentioned.
-http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-kernel.en.html
 Chapter is completely focussed on 2.4 kernels and thus very misleading
 with the major changes we've had both in the kernel itself and in
 kernel packaging.
 Alternative is to link to the kernel handbook at:
 http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/

I hope you'll have some time to look into this before the release.

Cheers,
FJP
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