Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 23:49:02 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 make.conf.5 src/share/man/man7 build.7 Message-ID: <14878.334.195893.396445@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <132975336@toto.iv>
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David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> types: > On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 02:20:51PM +0000, Ben Smithurst wrote: > > Anyway, you retracted your objection to build(7) fairly early on unless > > I've been reading a different PR to you... > I object to build(7) saying nothing. Are you going to take the lead and > embellish this to the point it actually helps someone? As the author of that page, I object to the phrase "saying nothing". Yeah, it says nothing to someone who knows what's in it. So what? That's true of *every* man page. I wrote it because I got tired of typing that "nothing" in for people on -questions. Why don't you hang out there for a couple of quarters doing that, then decide if being able to say "see build(7)" is better than typing in an actual explanation? Finally, if you'll tell me *what* information you feel it needs to be useful, and where I can find it, I'll add that "embellishment", and submit a PR. Which I'll expect you to either commit, or reject for good reason in short order. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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