Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 00:06:40 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Diomidis Spinellis <dds@aueb.gr> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/fetch fetch.1 Message-ID: <xzp1xppt08v.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <40123A86.3040102@aueb.gr> (Diomidis Spinellis's message of "Sat, 24 Jan 2004 11:27:34 %2B0200") References: <200401230450.i0N4omSZ049990@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040123080657.GC34542@FreeBSD.org.ua> <20040123102933.GC53344@elvis.mu.org> <40123A86.3040102@aueb.gr>
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Diomidis Spinellis <dds@aueb.gr> writes: > Let us not forget that the Unix manual pages provide reference > material; they are not a user guide. They historically have been > terse, to the point, and honest in admitting shortcomings (bugs). > While a user might find it helpful to read the environment variable > documentation in fetch(1), the correct thing to do in reference > material is to document the variables where they are implemented, > namely fetch(3), and provide a cross reference. Yes. I'd like to see Wes's commit backed out, please. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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