From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Carlos O'Donell" Subject: Re: GSoc 2015 man-pages proposal: a parser for glibc feature test macros Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:42:43 -0500 Message-ID: <54E62EA3.8060208@redhat.com> References: <54E5F695.1060400@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Cc: "libc-alpha-9JcytcrH/bA+uJoB2kUjGw@public.gmane.org" , linux-man List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 02/19/2015 01:28 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> I would be happy to be a backup mentor. > > Thank you, Carlos! Do you by chance have a login on the GSoC system; > if so, I will add you as a project mentor there. Should be carlos-v2tUB8YBRSi3e3T8WW9gsOG/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> The idea sounds interesting. I don't know that all combinations of >> FTMs are designed to be allowed, and I expect that the result will >> always need some human expert cleanup. > > Agreed. But I hope for a tool that significantly eases the human task. Absolutely. >> Therefore it would be good >> to have glibc developer review of the results. I'm not suggesting >> I should be that reviewer, but the community should review to make >> sure it's correct. > > Yes, review would be good. In the first instance, we have a lot of > existing mark-up in the man pages that can serve as an initial measure > of correctness. (Of course, the man pages are also not perfectly up to > date, so we'd discover the problems in the pages as we go.) Understood. c. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html