Re: [Fresco-devel] Draft of name change description

On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 04:04:37PM -0500, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> 
> >Well, it probably makes sense to stick it in a static page, since I
> >think we'll want to refer to it from a lot of places (possibly include
> >it in the release announcements (if we do those at all), linked from
> >all the main entry points to the site, etc.).  But whatever works.
> 
> ok, sure, we can put it into a static page. I just thought that it
> was of a more temporary nature. (and we do link to wiki pages from
> static pages). As I said, the change should - in a condensed form -
> become part of the history page, too (which is static).

Nod.  That works too.

> >Speaking of which, though, we really should update the FAQ to reflect
> >the change; there are a number of questions (like "So what's the
> >history of the project?" one) that should probably be updated to
> >reflect the "New Era" ;-).
> 
> indeed. We accept patches :-) Or better even, someone with an account
> on purcel wade through the wiki 'db' and make the appropriate changes.
> It's not as simple as replacing 'Berlin' with 'Fresco', though, as
> at some places we refer to the old Fresco. Some paragraphs need to
> be rephrased...

Actually, the grunt work was mostly done when Patrick migrated the
Wiki, I believe, though there probably remain search-and-replace
errors in some places.  People should fix those up as they come across
them, I suppose.  The rest still remains to be done, though...

-- Nathaniel

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