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  • Follow-up to the FreeBSD Handbook improvement survey

    From Pau Amma@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 21 03:00:03 2022
    Some people had questions or comments following the initial survey announcement. I have tried to address them privately as they came, but
    here's a run down for anyone who wondered but was unsure whether to ask:

    Q: How do I match my ratings to items?
    A: Any way you're comfortable with, as long as I can figure out which
    rating is meant for which item from your reply. Two ways I know work
    (not limitative): rating on a line by itself under each item, and rating
    on a line by itself followed by a list of items it applies to. Note that
    no rating for a given item isn't the same as "neutral/no opinion". If
    you want that recorded as your rating, you must make it explicit or
    state what rating I should use for items you didn't rate.

    Q: How do I word my ratings?
    A: Use the ones I specified so I don't have to ask you what you meant by
    yours:
    - critical
    - important
    - useful
    - neutral (or no opinion)
    - counterproductive.
    If you answer "counterproductive", please explain why you think so. It
    may mean an assumption about how people make use of the FreeBSD Handbook
    or what for is incorrect, and that's definitely something I'd like to
    know, whether or not I can exploit it in this improvement contract.

    Q: Can you reformat your list of items to make it easier for me to read
    and process?
    A: Yes. See below, courtesy of fmt(1) after some manual linebreak
    addition. (I've kept the one-line-per-item from the forwarded email as
    well; answer whichever you're more comfortable reading.) The one thing I
    ask is that you don't rate items in answer to this email if you already
    did for the initial one.

    Q: Will there be a web-based survey form?
    A: I wasn't initially going to, in part due to privacy and accessibility concerns from relying on that alone, but enough have asked that I'm
    looking at SurveyMonkey as a possible alternate delivery method. I'm not
    making promises yet, because as I read the docs I may learn of limits
    that make using it impossible or impractical. If and when there's one
    up, I'll send another follow-up with the URL.

    As for the initial survey, feel free to add and rate items you'd like considered that I haven't listed. Thank you.

    Main list of items with some annotations for context, in no particular
    order:

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262068: change
    the example to a sound driver more likely not to be in generic than
    snd_hda or remove it altogether)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261536: document
    dma

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263317: reorder
    etcupdate steps in Handbook section 24.5 (https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#makeworld) by
    moving the warning in 24.5.6.1 to the place in the procedure where
    users would need to perform it when applicable

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263318: add freebsd-accessibility@ to https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/eresources/#eresources-mail

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263319: add an accessibility section to the Handbook, per https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-doc/2021-September/000479.html

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263320: fix
    errant references to /etc/X11/xorg.conf in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/ and https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/faq/#X11 (that goes beyond the
    Handbook, but I think it makes sense to tackle them together)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263321: add
    RAIDz2 and RAIDz3 to the ZFS chapter, including the note in 20.2.2

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261212: update
    the ZFS chapter for OpenZFS, if needed with 12.x-13.x split

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263322: follow-up
    to https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/commit/?id=7233fc956edc31002c2e8f38ce30dda6b972f24c
    (explain when and why to upgrade the bootloader) and https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253364 (documenting
    the boot partition) unless carlavilla deals with the latter

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=192663: HAST
    and or CARP: while there, update for 12.x and 13.x

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220014: more
    generally make sure that only things needed early on get in
    /boot/loader.conf

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=258264: unclear
    whether it can be loaded in rc.conf, needs an update to recent
    driver; I'd need help from someone who has a computer using an
    NVIDIA GPU to work on that one

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261025: Change
    ETSI to etsi2 for Austria Wifi example

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=121952: ipfw
    NAT no longer requires natd and https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116588: IPFW
    tables and dummynet if still applicable (see note 1 in costing)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227050: storage
    device labels, better coverage of GPT: if still applicable

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223891: NFSv4
    and NFSv4.1 if still applicable

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219953: loading
    graphics drivers needed for suspend/resume at least for some laptops,
    and https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260994: KMS
    needs DRM drivers for suspend and resume even on console-only hosts.
    I'm not sure I can help with this, though. It depends on whether
    console-mode VMs can suspend under VirtualBox.

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261814: typo:
    s/union to/union in/.

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261813: mention
    smartphones presenting as USB disks, check smartphone when
    troubleshooting

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=180493:
    multiconsoles in loader.conf, https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183002: ditto,
    and https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95408: serial
    console install if still applicable

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172370: Blu-Ray)
    if my HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUA0N AL00 work as a Blu-Ray drive (DuckDuckGo
    hints it may) or someone who has one can help

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261944: Soft
    update and journaling for UFS

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257405: pool
    vs. zpool

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=254191: exFAT
    and FAT32 using https://github.com/relan/exfat/blob/v1.3.0/fuse/mount.exfat-fuse.8 for
    exFAT (https://github.com/search?p=2&q=fat32+fuse&type=Repositories
    doesn't show anything promising for FAT32)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257404: track
    ZFS resources linkrot

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240421: use
    geli attach before zpool import if device is geli-encrypted

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=146521: ping6
    instructions for testing IPv6, since it and ping are different in
    12.x. Since 13.x merged ping is supposed to be backward-compatible
    when invoked as ping6, no need for separate discussion.

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=255323: git vs.
    gitup and Game of Trees (got)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260007: Refactor
    version list in FreeBSD Handbook intro (and other books as needed)
    for easier update; needs discussion of where it should go and which
    other books or articles should use it; see also https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257818 and https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31612

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257618:
    vm.bios.efi=1 in Advanced Settings to allow booting in a Parallels
    VM; I'll need help from someone with a Macbook (or other Macintosh)
    for that

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263323: In
    FreeBSD Handbook pre-installation tasks step 2 (https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-pre),
    merge "virtualization (Virtualization)" into a link and remove the
    anchor from the URL unless needed in the single-HTML version

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253874: (dd
    arguments) and s/Write the Image/write the image/ while there.

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223997: (portrange
    sysctl tuning in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/config/#configtuning-kernel-limits): who knows about that? Did any later commits change the default/initial
    values?

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253392:
    (boot_mute="NO" and other 13.x changes) needs discussion of where
    it would go

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252951: (chsh
    asks for user's password)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252893: (smb.conf)
    unless "map to guest" should still be specified

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252423: memoryuse
    (add vmemoryuse)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252069:
    plasma5-plasma and gnome-shell in addition to the complete versions

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=250927: (may
    need to experiment with no_radr and accept_rtadv, in which case see
    note 1 on costing)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246091: "pkg
    bootstrap" no longer needed, and it's all supported versions now,
    not 10 and later

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247568: (the
    Handbook part of ipf(7))

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263232: (clarify
    uses of GELI and UFS in installer chapter, add (Open)ZFS ~ encryption
    caveat)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263323: update https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/boot/index.html#boot-synopsis
    if/as needed for ZFS and (U)EFI

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263324: Move/copy
    reference to virtualization in the installation chapter somewhere
    more obvious than preinstall step 2, like in the synopsis, with a
    reference to install images being usable for that as well

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263326: Add
    QEMU discussion in the FreeBSD Handbook virtualization chapter
    unless the audience is too small/specialized.

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263327: In Linux
    Binary compatibility, Advanced Topics, link to debootstrap in the
    10.5.1 note

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263328: Merge
    wiki Linux jails content into Linux Binary compatibility, debootstrap

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262689: track
    removal of i386-wine in
    https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/wine/;
    while there, s/might want it do so/might want to do so/ in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/wine/#installing-wine-on-freebsd

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245512: Kazakhstan
    mirrors (If these mirrors are still current, which protocols do
    they use?)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263329: Link
    to Development model book in FreeBSD Handbook Introduction, history

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248150: document
    using jail.conf instead of rc.conf, mention etcupdate

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263330: Extend
    the FreeBSD Handbook jails section to mention iocage

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263331: Explain
    use of bectl (if using ZFS) in the updating FreeBSD section of the
    FreeBSD Handbook

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263332: Remove
    spurious "because" in ZFS Features and Terminology caution

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263333: Check
    for lingering 11.x (and earlier) and 12.2 references in the FreeBSD
    handbook

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263334: Remove
    NIS section from FreeBSD Handbook if no longer in use.

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263335: Add GPT
    discussion to FreeBSD Basics, Disk Organization in FreeBSD Handbook

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263336: Make
    sure all FreeBSD Handbook images including non-text screenshots
    have descriptions or text alternatives

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263337: Make
    sure all FreeBSD Handbook procedures have mouseless or keyboard-only equivalents

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263338: Style
    conformance pass over the whole FreeBSD Handbook, including removing
    uses of the second person

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263339: Proofread
    the whole FreeBSD Handbook

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263340: Make
    sure all procedures still work and update output text as needed

    Things others started/are working on:

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=255318: (if 0mp
    is, otherwise see https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/commit/?id=7233fc956edc31002c2e8f38ce30dda6b972f24c
    above)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262742

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=259494

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262274

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204918

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260812: (Graham
    Perrin may have something in the works)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242984: is
    carlavilla still working on this one?

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=254153: is
    carlavilla still working on this one?

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260183: carlavilla
    may have something in the works

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257818: and https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31612 (gbe), which touches on some of
    the same issues as
    https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260007

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253453: and https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28622 (phk/debdrup) - need to review

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=200803: (is it
    a manual page change, a doc change, or both?)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241673: (gbe?)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=244156: (blackend?)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247285: still
    applicable with the current doc-building toolchain (doceng, as
    discussed in IRC)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253364:
    (documenting the boot partition) (carlavilla)

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116588: (is
    tmj@ still working on this?)

    Unsure of current completion status:

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252893

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241683: is this
    (that is, the workaround using MIT Kerberos) still needed?

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196343: ipsec
    gif setup: partly fixed, maybe completely

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260253: was it
    applied silently or is
    https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=256725 a duplicate
    or related?

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257481: (no
    images in epub) if still applicable

    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257404: review
    or otherwise move forward

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject: FreeBSD Handbook improvement survey
    Date: 2022-04-16 13:04
    From: Pau Amma <pauamma@gundo.com>
    To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-announce@freebsd.org
    Reply-To: pauamma@gundo.com

    The FreeBSD Foundation contracted me to develop a prioritized plan for improving and updating the FreeBSD Handbook. For the first stage of this project, I have identified a number of issues needing improvement. To prioritize the issues, please tell me which are important to you
    personally. Specifically, please rate each of the items listed:
    critical, important, useful, neutral (or no opinion), counterproductive.
    If you chose "counterproductive", please explain why. If there are
    things you'd like changed that I haven't listed, please add them and
    rate them as above. Please respect the Reply-to and don't reply to all.
    At this stage I am focusing on the English version, so please answer
    based on that version's content, but translations may be updated to the
    extent that translation teams are available.

    I intend to close this survey on April 30 at 11:59:59pm UTC (see https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=End+of+survey+answer+collection&iso=20220430T235959&p1=%3A
    for the equivalent in your timezone). To allow for delays email
    delivery, please try replying at least 90 minutes before the deadline.

    Main list of items with some annotations for context, in no particular
    order:
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262068: change the
    example to a sound driver more likely not to be in generic than snd_hda
    or remove it altogether)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261536: document dma
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263317: reorder
    etcupdate steps in Handbook section 24.5 (https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#makeworld) by
    moving the warning in 24.5.6.1 to the place in the procedure where users
    would need to perform it when applicable
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263318: add freebsd-accessibility@ to https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/eresources/#eresources-mail
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263319: add an accessibility section to the Handbook, per https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-doc/2021-September/000479.html
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263320; fix errant references to /etc/X11/xorg.conf in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/ and https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/faq/#X11 (that goes beyond the
    Handbook, but I think it makes sense to tackle them together)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263321: add RAIDz2
    and RAIDz3 to the ZFS chapter, including the note in 20.2.2
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261212: update the
    ZFS chapter for OpenZFS, if needed with 12.x-13.x split
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263322: follow-up to https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/commit/?id=7233fc956edc31002c2e8f38ce30dda6b972f24c
    (explain when and why to upgrade the bootloader) and https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253364 (documenting
    the boot partition) unless carlavilla deals with the latter
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=192663: HAST and or
    CARP: while there, update for 12.x and 13.x
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220014: more
    generally make sure that only things needed early on get in
    /boot/loader.conf
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=258264: unclear
    whether it can be loaded in rc.conf, needs an update to recent driver;
    I'd need help from someone who has a computer using an NVIDIA GPU to
    work on that one
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261025: Change ETSI
    to etsi2 for Austria Wifi example
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=121952: ipfw NAT no
    longer requires natd and https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116588: IPFW tables
    and dummynet if still applicable (see note 1 in costing)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227050: storage
    device labels, better coverage of GPT: if still applicable
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223891: NFSv4 and
    NFSv4.1 if still applicable
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219953: loading
    graphics drivers needed for suspend/resume at least for some laptops,
    and https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260994: KMS needs
    DRM drivers for suspend and resume even on console-only hosts. I'm not
    sure I can help with this, though. It depends on whether console-mode
    VMs can suspend under VirtualBox.
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261814: typo:
    s/union to/union in/.
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261813: mention
    smartphones presenting as USB disks, check smartphone when
    troubleshooting
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=180493:
    multiconsoles in loader.conf, https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183002: ditto, and https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95408: serial console
    install if still applicable
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172370: Blu-Ray) if
    my HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUA0N AL00 work as a Blu-Ray drive (DuckDuckGo hints
    it may) or someone who has one can help
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261944: Soft update
    and journaling for UFS
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257405: pool vs.
    zpool
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=254191: exFAT and
    FAT32 using
    https://github.com/relan/exfat/blob/v1.3.0/fuse/mount.exfat-fuse.8 for
    exFAT (https://github.com/search?p=2&q=fat32+fuse&type=Repositories
    doesn't show anything promising for FAT32)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257404: track ZFS
    resources linkrot
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240421: use geli
    attach before zpool import if device is geli-encrypted
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=146521: ping6
    instructions for testing IPv6, since it and ping are different in 12.x.
    Since 13.x merged ping is supposed to be backward-compatible when
    invoked as ping6, no need for separate discussion.
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=255323: git vs.
    gitup and Game of Trees (got)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260007: Refactor
    version list in FreeBSD Handbook intro (and other books as needed) for
    easier update; needs discussion of where it should go and which other
    books or articles should use it; see also https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257818 and https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31612
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257618:
    vm.bios.efi=1 in Advanced Settings to allow booting in a Parallels VM;
    I'll need help from someone with a Macbook (or other Macintosh) for that
    - In FreeBSD Handbook pre-installation tasks step 2 (https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-pre),
    merge "virtualization (Virtualization)" into a link and remove the
    anchor from the URL unless needed in the single-HTML version
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253874 (dd
    arguments) and s/Write the Image/write the image/ while there.
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223997 (portrange
    sysctl tuning in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/config/#configtuning-kernel-limits): who knows about that? Did any later commits change the default/initial
    values?
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253392
    (boot_mute="NO" and other 13.x changes) needs discussion of where it
    would go
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252951 (chsh asks
    for user's password)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252893 (smb.conf)
    unless "map to guest" should still be specified
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252423 memoryuse
    (add vmemoryuse)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252069
    plasma5-plasma and gnome-shell in addition to the complete versions
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=250927 (may need to experiment with no_radr and accept_rtadv, in which case see note 1 on
    costing)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246091 "pkg
    bootstrap" no longer needed, and it's all supported versions now, not 10
    and later
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247568 (the Handbook
    part of ipf(7))
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263232 (clarify uses
    of GELI and UFS in installer chapter, add (Open)ZFS ~ encryption caveat)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263323: update https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/boot/index.html#boot-synopsis
    if/as needed for ZFS and (U)EFI
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263324: Move/copy
    reference to virtualization in the installation chapter somewhere more
    obvious than preinstall step 2, like in the synopsis, with a reference
    to install images being usable for that as well
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263326: Add QEMU
    discussion in the FreeBSD Handbook virtualization chapter unless the
    audience is too small/specialized.
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263327: In Linux
    Binary compatibility, Advanced Topics, link to debootstrap in the 10.5.1
    note
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263328: Merge wiki
    Linux jails content into Linux Binary compatibility, debootstrap
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262689: track
    removal of i386-wine in
    https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/wine/; while there, s/might
    want it do so/might want to do so/ in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/wine/#installing-wine-on-freebsd
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245512: Kazakhstan
    mirrors (If these mirrors are still current, which protocols do they
    use?)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263329: Link to
    Development model book in FreeBSD Handbook Introduction, history
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248150: document
    using jail.conf instead of rc.conf, mention etcupdate
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263330: Extend the
    FreeBSD Handbook jails section to mention iocage
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263331Explain use of
    bectl (if using ZFS) in the updating FreeBSD section of the FreeBSD
    Handbook
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263332: Remove
    spurious "because" in ZFS Features and Terminology caution
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263333: Check for
    lingering 11.x (and earlier) and 12.2 references in the FreeBSD handbook
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263334: Remove NIS
    section from FreeBSD Handbook if no longer in use.
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263335: Add GPT
    discussion to FreeBSD Basics, Disk Organization in FreeBSD Handbook
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263336: Make sure
    all FreeBSD Handbook images including non-text screenshots have
    descriptions or text alternatives
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263337: Make sure
    all FreeBSD Handbook procedures have mouseless or keyboard-only
    equivalents
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263338: Style
    conformance pass over the whole FreeBSD Handbook, including removing
    uses of the second person
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263339: Proofread
    the whole FreeBSD Handbook
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263340: Make sure
    all procedures still work and update output text as needed

    Things others started/are working on:
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=255318 (if 0mp is, otherwise see https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/commit/?id=7233fc956edc31002c2e8f38ce30dda6b972f24c
    above)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262742
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=259494
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262274
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204918
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260812 (Graham
    Perrin may have something in the works)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242984 is carlavilla
    still working on this one?
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=254153 is carlavilla
    still working on this one?
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260183 carlavilla
    may have something in the works
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257818 and https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31612 (gbe), which touches on some of the
    same issues as https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260007
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253453 and https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28622 (phk/debdrup) - need to review
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=200803 (is it a
    manual page change, a doc change, or both?)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241673 (gbe?)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=244156 (blackend?)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247285 still
    applicable with the current doc-building toolchain (doceng, as discussed
    in IRC)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253364 (documenting
    the boot partition) (carlavilla)
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116588 (is tmj@
    still working on this?)

    Unsure of current completion status:
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252893
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241683 is this (that
    is, the workaround using MIT Kerberos) still needed?
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196343 ipsec gif
    setup: partly fixed, maybe completely
    - was https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260253 applied
    silently or is https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=256725
    a duplicate or related?
    - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257481 (no images in
    epub) if still applicable
    - Review https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257404 or
    otherwise move it forward

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