Re: Hurd FAQ

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   -??  What are shadowed filesystems and unionfs ?
   +??  What are union filesystems and unionfs ?

   -{FH} A shadowed filesystem merges two directory trees into a new virtual
   +{FH} An union filesystem merges two directory trees into a new virtual
    tree.  For example, files appearing  under `/bin' could actually be
    located in different physical locations.  That's why it isn't
   -necessary to have a separate  `/usr' directory.  Filesystem shadowing
   +necessary to have a separate  `/usr' directory.  Filesystem unification
    will be done by the `unionfs' translator; however, this translator is
    still in development. 

s/unification/unions/

   @@ -752,18 +755,17 @@

    ??  Where can I get the source?

   -{NHW} The source is stored in CVS at:
   +{NHW} The source is stored in CVS at the GNU Hurd Savannah
   +repository. Information on how to get a copy is available at: 

   -        :ext:address@hidden:/cvsroot/hurd
   +    http://sv.gnu.org/cvs/index.php?group=hurd                              

   -Anonymous access occurs via SSH, so you should set the CVS_RSH
   -environment variable to ssh. You do not need a password to login.  The
   -modules that you are interested in are: `hurd', `gnumach',`mig', and
   +The modules that you are interested in are: `hurd', `gnumach',`mig', and
    `hurd-l4' for the L4 port.

Hmm... Maybe point to the following instead?

http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/download.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/gnumach-download.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/mig-download.html

What do you think? I might note that those pages will be updated to
point to Savannah's instructions.

   @@ -888,25 +891,13 @@
    only send an URL.

    Write a ChangeLog entry for each change, following the format of the
   -existing files.  Here is an example:
   +existing files.  Take a look at the GNU Coding Standards:

Is there any possible way to make "the GNU Coding Standard" a link?
I.e. something like:

<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards.html";>the GNU Coding Standard</A>

Also, you could soften up the laguage by adding a "Please" infront?
I.e. "Please take a look ...".

   +And specifically
   +
   +    http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_40.html#SEC40

"The most important section being `6.8 Change Logs'"? And `6.8 Change
Logs' being a link to that section.


Goodie! Thank you very much!