From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Mar 4 18:42:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from idiom.com (idiom.com [216.240.32.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C961D37B405 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 18:42:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from cfcl.com (cpe-24-221-169-54.ca.sprintbbd.net [24.221.169.54]) by idiom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA49874 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 18:42:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.254.205] (cerberus [192.168.254.205]) by cfcl.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g252jRG51739 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 18:45:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20020304165226.A7081@holly.calldei.com> References: <200202162200.g1GM03452105@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020304165226.A7081@holly.calldei.com> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 18:35:49 -0800 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG From: Rich Morin Subject: Re: Cleaning up section 8 (Re: docs/35011) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message