From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Jun 4 17: 0: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D16F37B800 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 17:00:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id RAA04856; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 17:00:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 17:00:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200006050000.RAA04856@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: "Daniel C. Sobral" Subject: Re: docs/15561: regex(3) manpage needs update Reply-To: "Daniel C. Sobral" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/15561; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Daniel C. Sobral" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, mkamm@gmx.net Cc: Subject: Re: docs/15561: regex(3) manpage needs update Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 08:57:22 +0900 > Paragraph 1 is questionable. There have been several commits in > /src/lib/libc/regex over the past 5 years. Why is it still alpha? Huh? I went through the history of all files in that directory, and found almost no commits at all! The code is still full with comments about possible bugs and hacks around existing bugs. But the fact is that Henry Spencer knew what bugs it had or not, but they are not _actually_ documented anywhere, so it's very difficult for others to proceed with his work. That said, the _lack_ of commits (and PRs) about it is a good indication the code is probably stable. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@yet.another.bsdconspiracy.org Hmmm - I have to go check this. My reality assumptions are shattered. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message