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Date:      Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:16:50 +0100
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: <section> vs. <sectN>
Message-ID:  <20040802151650.GB424@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <200407301535.55709.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20040728205248.GI424@submonkey.net> <20040730141505.GV424@submonkey.net> <200407301535.55709.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 03:35:55PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Friday 30 July 2004 10:15 am, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:52:48PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > Which of these do we prefer?
> > >
> > > 1) <section>
> > >      <para>foo</para>
> > >      <section>
> > >        <para>bar</para>
> > >      </section>
> > >    </section>
> > >
> > > 2) <sect1>
> > >      <para>foo</para>
> > >      <sect2>
> > >        <para>bar</para>
> > >      </sect2>
> > >    </sect1>
> > >
> > > This is basically a style issue, as DocBook does the same for both, so
> > > whatever the outcome it should probably be added to the FDP.
> > >
> > > I'll note here that nearly all of our documents use #2 already; I am
> > > working on one of the ones that doesn't.
> >
> > I sense a lack of consensus, so I won't change this particular document.
> > Thanks all,
>=20
> ?? It seems that the consensus is for 2).  The only person in favor of 1)=
 is=20
> DES on the basis that <sectX> is deprecated.  A quick check to see if it =
is=20
> indeed deprecated or not should be sufficient to clear this up.

Sorry - I got thrown by Denis' first response, which made the score 3 to
2.  I don't see any evidence at DocBook.org to suggest that either form
is deprecated.

Ceri
--=20
It is not tinfoil, it is my new skin.  I am a robot.

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