Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:56:52 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: saw@online.de, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, alfred@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: Man pages .Dd Message-ID: <20061204095652.GG73470@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20061204072948.GH36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20061130.081845.232929750.imp@bsdimp.com> <45702985.2040301@erpicon.de> <20061204002231.GB36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20061203.231525.-1272477723.imp@bsdimp.com> <20061204072948.GH36269@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 05:59:48PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Sunday, 3 December 2006 at 23:15:25 -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> > In message: <20061204002231.GB36269@wantadilla.lemis.com>
> > "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> >> On Friday, 1 December 2006 at 14:09:25 +0100, Sascha Wildner wrote:
> >>> M. Warner Losh wrote:
> >>>> content changes, but not typos or formatting, is when it should be
> >>>> bumpped. Also on MFC, the date used is the one in -current, not the
> >>>> date that you MFC. This makes it hard to automate.
> >>>
> >>> Where exactly is the benefit in bumping/having dates on manpages at a=
ll?
> >>>
> >>> I mean, does anyone actually notice that the date changed (by
> >>> remembering the date of the previous version) and think, "oh great,
> >>> there's been a content change, let's check that out"?
> >>
> >> Good point. Clearly it's worthwhile knowing what version of the man
> >> page you have, if only to know whether it's up to date. But the
> >> $FreeBSD$ tag would give more information there.
> >
> > <mode=3Dbde>
> > $FreeBSD$ or $Date$ would pessimize the display of the date by
> > uglifying the presentation to the user.
> > </mode>
>=20
> Only if you were to display it in its entirety. Macros exist to
> convert them into correct dates.
There's no problem here to solve; move along, people :)
Ceri
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That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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