From owner-cvs-all Thu Nov 23 23: 3:34 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25B5C37B479; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 23:03:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 13zCt8-0000jv-00; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 09:03:14 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id JAA26085; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 09:03:23 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 25867; Fri Nov 24 09:01:57 2000 Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.fw.uunet.co.za) by axl.fw.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 13zCrt-00005o-00; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 09:01:57 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Mike Meyer Cc: "David O'Brien" , cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 make.conf.5 src/share/man/man7 build.7 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 Nov 2000 23:49:02 CST." <14878.334.195893.396445@guru.mired.org> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 09:01:57 +0200 Message-ID: <359.975049317@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 23:49:02 CST, Mike Meyer wrote: > 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 think the issue here is not about whether this stuff should be documented. I think that this is already better documented in the handbook, and I think that the handbook is a better medium for conveying this kind of information. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message