From: Oskari Pirhonen <xxc3ncoredxx@gmail.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Order of sections VERSIONS, ATTRIBUTES, STANDARDS, and HISTORY
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 22:21:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZBUuVlZSSLAbeu8b@dj3ntoo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <99d0a14b-41f0-8392-6558-add8091cbd9a@gmail.com>
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Hi,
On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 14:14:21 +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> man-pages(7) has the following order:
>
> NAME
> ...
> VERSIONS [Normally only in Sections 2, 3]
> ATTRIBUTES [Normally only in Sections 2, 3]
> STANDARDS
> ...
> SEE ALSO
>
> There's no HISTORY, which I'm going to add, right after STANDARDS,
> since it's very related. I'm not convinced by attributes being
> between VERSIONS and STANDARDS, since those two are also very related
> but have nothing in common with ATTRIBUTES.
>
> I propose changing to the following order:
>
> ATTRIBUTES, VERSIONS (moved), STANDARDS, HISTORY (new).
>
> So that the three related sections are together. Any opinions?
>
LGTM based on the revised descriptions in the patch in your other
message.
- Oskari
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2023-03-17 13:14 Order of sections VERSIONS, ATTRIBUTES, STANDARDS, and HISTORY Alejandro Colomar
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