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Date:      Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:52:31 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        saw@online.de
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, alfred@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Man pages .Dd
Message-ID:  <20061204002231.GB36269@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <45702985.2040301@erpicon.de>
References:  <200611292024.kATKOviH078532@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061129234157.GN42090@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20061130.081845.232929750.imp@bsdimp.com> <45702985.2040301@erpicon.de>

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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 all?
>
> 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.

Greg
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