From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Karel Zak <kzak-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
List util-linux-ng
<util-linux-ng-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Sukadev Bhattiprolu
<sukadev-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>,
Alan Cox <alan-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] devpts man page update
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:19:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <493470F4.3080602@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081201230031.GA26838-sHeGUpI7y9L/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
Karel Zak wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 02:41:51PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Karel Zak wrote:
>>>> 1. Agree that this is the way to do it.
>>>> 2. Add the options to section 4.
>>>> 3. Clean up mount(8).
>>> 4. found a way how maintain and keep the man pages up to date.
>>>
>> As far as 4. is concerned -- I personally think that keeping man pages
>> that directly describe kernel interfaces (e.g. section 2, and parts of
>> 4, 5, and 7) in the kernel git tree is the most logical option.
>
> That's exactly my opinion ... somewhere in Documentation/ and
> maintained *together* with fs-depend code.
>
By the way, lest someone gets the wrong idea... I think mtk has done a
fantastic job with the man pages recently, and I certainly don't want to
replace him. I think he should push into the kernel tree via git like
all the other maintainers (for the relevant portions, obviously --
section 3, for example, doesn't make sense in the kernel tree.)
-hpa
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-26 18:17 [RFC] devpts man page update Sukadev Bhattiprolu
[not found] ` <20081126181732.GA1509-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-11-27 11:38 ` Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <cfd18e0f0811270338o392daf81kdfd46cec51325891-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-11-27 19:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-01 18:10 ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu
[not found] ` <20081201181055.GA12493-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-01 19:31 ` Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <cfd18e0f0812011131g2bbe2d6flb8cc89eaa7f96ad4-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-01 19:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <49343E32.50707-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-01 20:05 ` Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <cfd18e0f0812011205w62f30725m53f4b16cea3272aa-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-01 21:08 ` Andries E. Brouwer
2008-12-01 21:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-01 22:39 ` Karel Zak
[not found] ` <20081201223913.GF2956-sHeGUpI7y9L/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-01 22:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <4934682F.7050305-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-01 23:00 ` Karel Zak
[not found] ` <20081201230031.GA26838-sHeGUpI7y9L/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-01 23:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-01 23:19 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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