From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 00:22:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A220816A403; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:22:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from ext-gw.lemis.com (ext-gw.lemis.com [150.101.14.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60F8D43C9D; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:22:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by ext-gw.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D25F133497; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:52:31 +1030 (CST) Received: by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 87FBF9C136; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:52:31 +1030 (CST) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:52:31 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: saw@online.de Message-ID: <20061204002231.GB36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200611292024.kATKOviH078532@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061129234157.GN42090@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20061130.081845.232929750.imp@bsdimp.com> <45702985.2040301@erpicon.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="f2QGlHpHGjS2mn6Y" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45702985.2040301@erpicon.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 VoIP: sip:0871270137@sip.internode.on.net WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, alfred@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, "M. Warner Losh" , cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Man pages .Dd X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:22:33 -0000 --f2QGlHpHGjS2mn6Y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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 -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --f2QGlHpHGjS2mn6Y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFc2pHIubykFB6QiMRAhdoAJ9j4v++3uxD02kv3ykyTy/Oi4fGzQCbBB/x kzv7e8TEyQbJygBQnXM0u4M= =Newv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --f2QGlHpHGjS2mn6Y--