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From: Petr Baudis <pasky-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: "linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
	<linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: man-pages-3.21 released
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:05:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090421090528.GL21271@machine.or.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cfd18e0f0904202202l3f50bde9yd0085e0797a553e3-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

  Hullo,

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 05:02:25PM +1200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> Gidday,
> 
> The Linux man-pages maintainer proudly announces:
> 
>    man-pages-3.21.tar.gz - man pages for Linux
> 
> This release is now available for download at:
> 
>  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
>  or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages

  can you please push out your current tree?

> ==================== Changes in man-pages-3.21 ====================
> 
> Released: 2009-04-15, Los Gatos

  Isn't this date wrong?

> Changes to individual pages
> ---------------------------
> 
> initrd.4
>    Michael Kerrisk
>        Various minor wording improvements
> 
> initrd.4
>    Frank Dana
>        Add missing word in description
> 
> feature_test_macros.7
>    Michael Kerrisk
>        Update for glibc 2.10 changes to <features.h>
>            From glibc 2.10, <features.h> understands the values 200809
>            for _POSIX_C_SOURCE and 700 for _XOPEN_SOURCE, and makes
>            corresponding changes to defaults for other feature test macros.

  So far I was guessing that man-pages are supposed only to have changes
in latest released glibc version when they aren't in flux yet. Is the
policy different? Or is it just a "common sense" policy that changes
that are obviously fixed already are included?

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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in the morning feeling just terrible. -- Jean Kerr
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-04-21  9:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-21  5:02 man-pages-3.21 released Michael Kerrisk
     [not found] ` <cfd18e0f0904202202l3f50bde9yd0085e0797a553e3-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-04-21  9:05   ` Petr Baudis [this message]
     [not found]     ` <20090421090528.GL21271-DDGJ70k9y3lX+M3pkMnKjw@public.gmane.org>
2009-04-24 16:31       ` Michael Kerrisk

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