From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: locale.5: drop tel/fax description Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 18:18:33 +0100 Message-ID: <56DF0969.9030301@gmail.com> References: <56DD6B93.8070802@redhat.com> <20160307174850.GI6588@vapier.lan> <56DEA266.2000400@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <56DEA266.2000400-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Marko Myllynen , linux-man Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 03/08/2016 10:59 AM, Marko Myllynen wrote: > On 2016-03-07 19:48, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> 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. > > Fair enough, how about this? Applied, thanks. Michael > --- > man5/locale.5 | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5 > index 0a26f91..ef97f00 100644 > --- a/man5/locale.5 > +++ b/man5/locale.5 > @@ -572,10 +572,14 @@ organization that maintains this document. > .I tel > followed by the telephone number (in international format) > of the organization that maintains this document. > +As of glibc 2.24, this keyword is deprecated in favor of > +other contact methods. > .TP > .I fax > followed by the fax number (in international format) > of the organization that maintains this document. > +As of glibc 2.24, this keyword is deprecated in favor of > +other contact methods. > .TP > .I language > followed by the name of the language to which this document applies. > > Thanks, > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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