Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:15:25 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: grog@FreeBSD.org 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: <20061203.231525.-1272477723.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20061204002231.GB36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20061130.081845.232929750.imp@bsdimp.com> <45702985.2040301@erpicon.de> <20061204002231.GB36269@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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"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.
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$FreeBSD$ or $Date$ would pessimize the display of the date by
uglifying the presentation to the user.
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Warner
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