Re: the Linux man-pages as an educational tool

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From: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
To: Collin Funk <[email protected]>
Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]>, 
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	Paul Eggert <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], 
	[email protected]
Subject: Re: the Linux man-pages as an educational tool
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> Date: 2026-08-03 01:37:30+0200
> From: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
>
> Hi Collin,
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> > Date: 2026-08-02 16:27:21-0700
> > From: Collin Funk <[email protected]>
> >
> [...]
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> > I can't help but wonder of what happens in WG 14 rejects this
> > controversial, as obvious by this thread, change. Will the man-pages
> > changes be reverted?

> > Or will we slowly watch them document personal
> > preferences instead of existing standards?

BTW, as I showed in another subthread, strncpy(3) did contain
opinionated comments well before I was involved.  If you're really
going to accuse me of that, better make sure you get the history right.


Cheers,
Alex

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> This patch set is quite independent of the standard.  It documents a
> header file that has been provided since forever in glibc and most other
> POSIX-ish systems, so changes to the standard are unlikely to have any
> effects.  I've clarified this extensively.  If you want to discourage me
> from applying the change, you should rather bring up technical reasons.
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> This passive-aggressive message is not something that will have the
> desired effects you could possibly reach with technical arguments.
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> Have a lovely night, please!
> Alex
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> > After seeing weekly threads
> > about the prototype changes, I don't think it is an unreasonable
> > concern.
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> > Collin
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