From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 07:29:51 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 1E76716A403; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 07:29:51 +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 1AAE343CA2; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 07:29:19 +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 C21D11334A1; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:59:48 +1030 (CST) Received: by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id AD66B9C134; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:59:48 +1030 (CST) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:59:48 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: "M. Warner Losh" Message-ID: <20061204072948.GH36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20061130.081845.232929750.imp@bsdimp.com> <45702985.2040301@erpicon.de> <20061204002231.GB36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20061203.231525.-1272477723.imp@bsdimp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061203.231525.-1272477723.imp@bsdimp.com> 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, saw@online.de, alfred@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@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 07:29:51 -0000 --rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday, 3 December 2006 at 23:15:25 -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20061204002231.GB36269@wantadilla.lemis.com> > "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" writes: >> 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. > > > $FreeBSD$ or $Date$ would pessimize the display of the date by > uglifying the presentation to the user. > Only if you were to display it in its entirety. Macros exist to convert them into correct dates. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFc85sIubykFB6QiMRAlczAJ9grPksE0efbMkYY9psLRN/PB+vvQCdHgno h/S8nvXTvsRgOL2uJtqI/4s= =KZbN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR--