Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031555AbXFHSpt (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:45:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S967284AbXFHSph (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:45:37 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:5078 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966874AbXFHSpg (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:45:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 20:45:34 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Michael Kerrisk cc: Gerhard Mack , lkml Subject: Re: man-pages-2.54 is released In-Reply-To: <46697DD1.5060307@gmx.net> Message-ID: References: <46695095.2020503@gmx.net> <46697DD1.5060307@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 957 Lines: 25 On Jun 8 2007 18:03, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Release Philosophy > ================== > > If you make sweeping *formatting* changes on a large number of > pages, separate them out into their own release that contains > minimal *content* changes. This makes it easier for the people > that want to verify content changes independently of the change > log. Yes, some people actually diff each release to see what > changed; for example, downstream maintainers, and translators of > the man pages (such as the dedicated Alain Portal, in recent > times) sometimes like to do this. I think that sounds more like a repository (svn/git) philosophy than a release philosophy. Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/