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Re: release notes mentioning dropped support?

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wOn Mon, 2021-06-14 at 06:25 +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Paul Gevers wrote:
> > +    <section id="no-longer-supported-hardware">
> > +      <title>Hardware that's no longer supported</title>
> 
> The contraction "that's" seems out of place in a title - probably we
> should just use:
> 
>          <title>No longer supported hardware</title>
> 

That would correctly be spelt with hyphens:

    No-longer-supported hardware

> > +      <para>
> > +	Due to hardware limitations, it's no longer viable for Debian
> > +	to build the <literal>Linux</literal> kernel supporting a
> > +	number of armel based devices that were supported in
> > +	buster. The unsupported devices are:
> 
> This sounds as if it's talking about one kernel supporting multiple
> armel-based devices; if it means one kernel per device, that's plural.

We've used only a single kernel flavour (marvell) for these devices
since before the stretch release.


[...]
> > +	Users of those platforms that wish to upgrade to bullseye
> > +	nevertheless should keep the buster APT sources enabled and,
> > +	before upgrading, add an APT preferences file containing
> > +	something like:
> 
> 	Users of these platforms who wish to upgrade to bullseye
>         nevertheless should keep the buster APT sources enabled, and
> 	before upgrading should add an APT preferences file containing
> 	something like:
> 
> (Or maybe as two sentences, "Before upgrading they should...")

Also we should not say "something like" since that suggests that some
system-specific adjustment is needed.  I originally included those
words because I hadn't tested this configuration, but Paul said he
will.

> 
> > +	<programlisting>
> > +Package: linux-image-marvell
> > +Pin: release a=buster
> > +Pin-Priority: 900
> > +	</programlisting>
> > +	Obviously, the security support for this configuration will
> > +	end with the End Of Life of buster.
> 
> 	Obviously, the security support for this configuration will
> 	only last until buster's End Of Life.

We (generally) shouldn't say "obviously" in documentation - if we
bothered to document it, it must not be that obvious.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Kids!  Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous.  Do not attempt it
in your own home. - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, `Good Omens'

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release notes mentioning dropped support? Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> - 2021-05-24 07:00 +0200
  Re: release notes mentioning dropped support? Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> - 2021-06-10 11:40 +0200
    Re: release notes mentioning dropped support? Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2021-06-11 06:30 +0200
      Re: release notes mentioning dropped support? Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com> - 2021-06-11 20:20 +0200
        Re: release notes mentioning dropped support? Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> - 2021-06-11 20:50 +0200
        Re: release notes mentioning dropped support? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2021-06-11 21:50 +0200
          Re: release notes mentioning dropped support? Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> - 2021-06-13 21:40 +0200
            Re: release notes mentioning dropped support? Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> - 2021-06-14 07:30 +0200
              Re: release notes mentioning dropped support? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2021-06-16 02:40 +0200
  Re: release notes mentioning dropped support? Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> - 2023-06-04 22:10 +0200

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