From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 11 07:27:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72892106566B for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:27:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gordon.tetlow@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 267D38FC19 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn34 with SMTP id 34so3429698iwn.13 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:27:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=U+UbSA5uNDxp+eXOtFmm3gaZZoKXREwp2uTio4waMIs=; b=ZwmUCeF7zFDYgWJD9hcAY8ohCl8KJESMMfEqUE8BmXWhZDwhEqoeT5m6mKSF56wor+ HIHla19owQ68gfqYIdoLkH2vQlMHPzRATM95WSpqboBr8QZXW0syrSwZrZ3rs8CfuA1G QeMXHYCZkzrjrQ71UYBUQKDXNldpPxcTYnB2o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=ixDPnxodIdk6pK0X5V7OYcBUlbfj5XaVucbEwR012t2cM/5DB+IT44OE5fK/iefZlO tUDz+D+ygagY2EPYnuyqNap0K4+xKwBzDY8zNyAsMhqIGY774jxaIs8asXSo3bTeM0AF sTJnLw6uoGtCiW95SAMCPXRVqaeRdmMZRAwMA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.31.135 with SMTP id y7mr2154635ibc.139.1284190048698; Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:27:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: gordon.tetlow@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.156.78 with HTTP; Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:27:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100910024103.GA77780@freebsd.org> References: <20100910024103.GA77780@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:27:28 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6Gaju9GGPmgnn1WAAGSRPv4OfKY Message-ID: From: Gordon Tetlow To: Alexander Best X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:05:13 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFR: Replace man/manpath/whatis/apropos with a shell script X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:27:29 -0000 On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Alexander Best wrote: > > Feedback on the man(1), manpath(1), apropos(1), and man.conf(5) manpages > > would be appreciated. I'm new to manpage authoring and could use a > review. > > you forgot the AUTHORS section in all of the man pages. ;) it's always nice > to > see who wrote the code by reading the man pages and not having to look at > the > source itself imho. > It felt weird to promote myself like that. I might add it. There is certainly precedent for either way. Gordon