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? --- 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, -- Marko Myllynen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
