From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jul 2 16:20: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FFD337B403 for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f62NK4S69064; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 16:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200107022320.f62NK4S69064@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Dima Dorfman Subject: Re: docs/28555: [PATCH] style(9) isn't explicit about booleans for testing. Reply-To: Dima Dorfman Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/28555; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dima Dorfman To: Mike Meyer 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 writes: > Dima Dorfman 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message