Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:30:38 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r354824 - head/lib/geom/part Message-ID: <201911182330.xAINUcUJ068636@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <201911182050.xAIKoX32000661@slippy.cwsent.com>
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> In message <20191118204836.GB43295@raichu>, Mark Johnston writes: > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 08:35:30PM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 01:09:19PM -0700, Alan Somers wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:48 PM Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:43:48PM -0700, Alan Somers wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:06 PM Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Author: markj > > > > > > > Date: Mon Nov 18 19:05:52 2019 > > > > > > > New Revision: 354824 > > > > > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/354824 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Log: > > > > > > > Fix grammar in gpart.8. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PR: 241973 > > > > > > > MFC after: 3 days > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Modified: > > > > > > > head/lib/geom/part/gpart.8 > > > > > > > > > > > > Don't forget to bump the .Dd date. > > > > > > > > > > AFAIK we do not bump .Dd for such changes, only for content changes. > > > > > > > > Isn't that a content change? I thought anything displayed to the user > > > > counts as a content change? > > > > > > I presume that "content" means more like semantic, functional changes > > > that affect some particular meaning. Grammar fixes are just, well, > > > grammar fixes and thus do not warrant .Dd bump. > > > > Indeed, this was always my understanding as well. I can't find a > > concrete definition anywhere. I don't understand why it would be useful > > as a user to see the date of the last "content change" if such changes > > might consist only of a small formatting change or typo fix. > > > > Should this be documented in the committers guide? This should be documented someplace, that place probably being where bumping of .Dd is documented as a minimum. > Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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