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Date:      Mon, 4 Mar 2002 18:35:49 -0800
From:      Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>
To:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cleaning up section 8 (Re: docs/35011)
Message-ID:  <p05100374b8a9def21e64@[192.168.254.205]>
In-Reply-To: <20020304165226.A7081@holly.calldei.com>
References:  <200202162200.g1GM03452105@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020304165226.A7081@holly.calldei.com>

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At 4:52 PM -0600 3/4/02, Chris Costello wrote:
>On Saturday, February 16, 2002, Chris Costello wrote:
>>      Actually, there is a command called `jail'.  However,
>>   diskless(8) should probably become diskless(7).
>
>    Moreover, I propose that we move all non-commands out of
>section 8:
>
>adding_user.8   diskless.8      sticky.8
>crash.8         picobsd.8       yp.8
>
>    I vote that they be moved into section 7 (Miscellaneous
>Information Manual).  Anybody agree with me?

Violently!  The name space is already confused enough by the
(rather artificial, IMHO) splits between sections [23] and [168].
Putting non-commands into section 8 messes things up even more!

-r
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