From owner-cvs-all Sun Dec 22 12:47: 8 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FAE237B401; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:47:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C780F43EDA; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:47:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: from apollo.backplane.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by apollo.backplane.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gBMKkxOM031851; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:46:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id gBMKkxZZ031850; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:46:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:46:59 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <200212222046.gBMKkxZZ031850@apollo.backplane.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" Cc: marck@rinet.ru, dillon@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man7 development.7 References: <200212220207.gBM275kM041912@repoman.freebsd.org> <20021222195143.P65737@woozle.rinet.ru> <20021222.133502.97851012.imp@bsdimp.com> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've got a whole bunch of patch submissions building up for this. I've already incorporated this correction in but thanks! Two people asked me why a man page verses a doc. The answer is simply that an order of magnitude more people will read and use it as a manual page verses as a doc. In fact, now that I think about it, something we really ought to do is incorporate document access into the 'man' system. -Matt Matthew Dillon :: =================================================================== :: RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man7/development.7,v :: retrieving revision 1.1 :: diff -u -r1.1 development.7 :: --- development.7 22 Dec 2002 02:07:05 -0000 1.1 :: +++ development.7 22 Dec 2002 16:52:46 -0000 :: @@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ :: a good time. My recommendation is to only keep the cvs repository :: synchronized via cron. :: .Sh SEE ALSO :: -.Xr tuning 8 , :: -.Xr firewall 8 , :: +.Xr tuning 7 , :: +.Xr firewall 7 , :: .Xr diskless 8 :: .Sh HISTORY :: The :: :: I wonder also why diskless manpage belongs to section 8... : :Because it is talking about sysadmin things. I'd guess that firewall :belongs there as well as tuning. But since it doesn't describe an :actual command, one could argue it belongs in section 7. Gotta love :the arbitrary nature of things. : :Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message