From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 16:12:00 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 35254A52; Thu, 12 Jun 2014 16:12:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "funkthat.com", Issuer "funkthat.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E84D32CF0; Thu, 12 Jun 2014 16:11:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h2.funkthat.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id s5CGBqZi018489 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:11:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@h2.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by h2.funkthat.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id s5CGBqwf018488; Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:11:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:11:52 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" Subject: Re: svn commit: r267357 - head/sys/geom/part Message-ID: <20140612161152.GR31367@funkthat.com> References: <201406111019.s5BAJBjW085880@svn.freebsd.org> <53995119.5040609@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53995119.5040609@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 54BA 873B 6515 3F10 9E88 9322 9CB1 8F74 6D3F A396 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-TipJar: bitcoin:13Qmb6AeTgQecazTWph4XasEsP7nGRbAPE X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (h2.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:11:53 -0700 (PDT) Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Dmitry Morozovsky X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 16:12:00 -0000 Andrey V. Elsukov wrote this message on Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:04 +0400: > On 11.06.2014 17:48, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2014, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: > > > >> Author: ae > >> Date: Wed Jun 11 10:19:11 2014 > >> New Revision: 267357 > >> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/267357 > >> > >> Log: > >> Add aliases for DragonFlyBSD's partition types. > > > > These should be documented in sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 also. > > I don't think we should document partition types for all foreign > systems. gpart(8) exists only in FreeBSD and it's purpose manage > partitions in FreeBSD. We already have a lot of NetBSD's and Apple's > aliases that aren't documented, but nobody complained about that. I did... The problem is it's hard for users to complain about stuff not being documented when they don't know to complain about it... I sent direct email to the authors who committed the undocumented work, and one of them (Thanks Dmitry!) did spend the time to fix it... > In this case it is mostly cosmetic change. It allows to see aliases in > the `gpart show` output. Having a lot of partition types documented can > confuse users. IMHO. :) If the user gets confused by this, they probably shouldn't be using the command, or at least reading other docs for help on using them... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."