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Date:      Mon, 2 Jul 2001 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: docs/28555: [PATCH] style(9) isn't explicit about booleans for testing. 
Message-ID:  <200107022320.f62NK4S69064@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/28555; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/28555: [PATCH] style(9) isn't explicit about booleans for testing. 
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 16:13:26 -0700

 Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> writes:
 > Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> types:
 > > Regardless, this does not belong as a PR, let alone in the docs/
 > > category.  It belongs as a post on -hackers, asking what people think,
 > > not as a change request.  Since *developers* are expected to follow
 > > style(9), it is the *developers* (i.e., -hackers@) that you should be
 > > proposing the change to.
 > 
 > We both agree I'm not proposing a change in the style they have to
 > follow; I'm just proposing making something explicit instead of
 > implicit. As such, I'm not sure it warrants discussion.
 
 I'm not suggesting that you should get every developer's approval, but
 I am suggesting that wider review than the -doc list would be nice,
 esp. for a document that defines policy.
 
 					Dima Dorfman
 					dima@unixfreak.org

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