Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:59:48 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, saw@online.de, alfred@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Man pages .Dd Message-ID: <20061204072948.GH36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20061203.231525.-1272477723.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20061130.081845.232929750.imp@bsdimp.com> <45702985.2040301@erpicon.de> <20061204002231.GB36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20061203.231525.-1272477723.imp@bsdimp.com>
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--rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday, 3 December 2006 at 23:15:25 -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20061204002231.GB36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> > "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> writes: >> On Friday, 1 December 2006 at 14:09:25 +0100, Sascha Wildner wrote: >>> M. Warner Losh wrote: >>>> content changes, but not typos or formatting, is when it should be >>>> bumpped. Also on MFC, the date used is the one in -current, not the >>>> date that you MFC. This makes it hard to automate. >>> >>> Where exactly is the benefit in bumping/having dates on manpages at all? >>> >>> I mean, does anyone actually notice that the date changed (by >>> remembering the date of the previous version) and think, "oh great, >>> there's been a content change, let's check that out"? >> >> Good point. Clearly it's worthwhile knowing what version of the man >> page you have, if only to know whether it's up to date. But the >> $FreeBSD$ tag would give more information there. > > <mode=bde> > $FreeBSD$ or $Date$ would pessimize the display of the date by > uglifying the presentation to the user. > </mode> Only if you were to display it in its entirety. Macros exist to convert them into correct dates. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFc85sIubykFB6QiMRAlczAJ9grPksE0efbMkYY9psLRN/PB+vvQCdHgno h/S8nvXTvsRgOL2uJtqI/4s= =KZbN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR--
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