From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 09:56:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD4F116A407; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:56:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif2-0-0-cust107.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.104.168.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C4443CA8; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:56:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from ceri by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GrAZA-000Boj-Ke; Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:56:52 +0000 Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:56:52 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey Message-ID: <20061204095652.GG73470@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Greg 'groggy' Lehey , "M. Warner Losh" , saw@online.de, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, alfred@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rWhLK7VZz0iBluhq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061204072948.GH36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: Ceri Davies Cc: saw@online.de, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, alfred@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: Man pages .Dd X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:56:57 -0000 --rWhLK7VZz0iBluhq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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" 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. > > > > > > $FreeBSD$ or $Date$ would pessimize the display of the date by > > uglifying the presentation to the user. > > >=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 --=20 That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere --rWhLK7VZz0iBluhq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFc/DkocfcwTS3JF8RAn17AJ9Ht7/kafhfxId/vy7SzWTTEdpl3QCfSyRb 2qtjcvRbm9bAqfkGH0jY+2Q= =vMmd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rWhLK7VZz0iBluhq--