From: Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Marko Myllynen <myllynen-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)"
<mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
linux-man <linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: locale.5: drop tel/fax description
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 12:48:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160307174850.GI6588@vapier.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56DD6B93.8070802-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
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On 07 Mar 2016 13:52, Marko Myllynen wrote:
> glibc upstream recently deemed that the tel/fax fields are not useful
> and dropped them from the few locales which had them defined. Do you
> think we could/should drop the descriptions from the man page as well?
the fields are technically still supported, we've just emptied them out.
i would add a note saying that their use is discouraged in favor of the
other fields like e-mail.
-mike
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-07 11:52 locale.5: drop tel/fax description Marko Myllynen
[not found] ` <56DD6B93.8070802-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-07 12:16 ` walter harms
2016-03-07 17:48 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
[not found] ` <20160307174850.GI6588-UgUKS2FnFs9+urZeOPWqwQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-08 9:59 ` Marko Myllynen
[not found] ` <56DEA266.2000400-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-08 13:03 ` walter harms
2016-03-08 14:21 ` Mike Frysinger
2016-03-08 17:18 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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