Hello Robin, On 18 May 2018 at 17:00, Robin Kuzmin <kuzmin.robin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Michael, > Regarding item 2, if I ever find the time then I will > * chech-out/clone the whole repo of the man pages, > * search for all the occurrences of "calling process" and in some cases > replace it with "calling thread", > * generate the diff/patch and send it to you. > > Will that work for you ? Yes, but start with a few small pieces, rather than sending me a large patch or a large patch series. > If not then what is the process you employ (URL with description)? > If yes then I need the repo URL and file extension to search/replace the > text in. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/contributing.html https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/patches.html Cheers, Michael > > > On Friday, May 18, 2018, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) > <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello Robin, >> >> On 05/15/2018 10:13 PM, Robin Kuzmin wrote: >> > Michael, >> > Thank you for releasing man-pages-4.16! >> > >> > More feedback: >> > 1. http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/signal.7.html >> > I see: >> > "suspend execution of the calling process or thread". >> > I suspect it should be: >> > "suspend execution of the calling thread". >> >> Agreed, and fixed. Thanks for the report. >> >> > 2. I recommend reviewing the whole set of man pages, in some cases the >> > phrase "calling process" needs to be replaced by "calling thread" (or >> > removed). >> >> Yes, but who do you recommend shall do this work? (It's a rhetorical >> question, but I hope you take the point.)[*] >> >> Thanks, >> >> Michael >> >> [*] I did also fix two or three other pages. >> >> > Robin Kuzmin >> > kuzmin.robin@xxxxxxxxx >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 10:34 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) >> > <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Helo Robin, >> >> >> >> On 04/04/2018 08:26 PM, Robin Kuzmin wrote: >> >>> Michael, >> >>> I'm going to http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/waitpid.2.html >> >>> and after the word "calling" >> >>> I see the word "process" >> >> >> >> That HTML rendering is updates about once every 10 weeks, after each >> >> man-pages release. (You can see when the rendering was created by >> >> looking at the COLOPHON at the bottom of the page.) >> >> >> >> You need to look in the git repo to see the latest changes. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Michael >> >> >> >> >> >>> but I expected to see the word "thread" >> >>> in the following sentences: >> >>> * The wait() system call suspends execution of the calling process >> >>> until one of its children terminates. >> >>> * The waitpid() system call suspends execution of the calling process >> >>> until a child specified by pid argument has changed state. >> >>> >> >>> Robin Kuzmin >> >>> kuzmin.robin@xxxxxxxxx >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 8:08 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) >> >>> <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>> Hello Robin, >> >>>> >> >>>> On 30 March 2018 at 01:37, Robin Kuzmin <kuzmin.robin@xxxxxxxxx> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> I still see "the calling process" and no any occurrence of "the >> >>>>> calling >> >>>>> thread". >> >>>> >> >>>> I did make changes to the page! Can you please quote the text that >> >>>> still seems wrong to you. >> >>>> >> >>>> Thanks, >> >>>> >> >>>> Michael >> >>>> >> >>>>> Robin Kuzmin >> >>>>> kuzmin.robin@xxxxxxxxx >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 1:14 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) >> >>>>> <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Hello Robin, >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On 03/20/2018 10:07 PM, Robin Kuzmin wrote: >> >>>>>>> I again see "the calling process" instead of "the calling thread". >> >>>>>>> Is there anything I need to know? >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> The change was made, but perhaps I had not yet pushed it. Please >> >>>>>> check again. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Thanks, >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Michael >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Robin Kuzmin >> >>>>>>> kuzmin.robin@xxxxxxxxx >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 11:49 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-opages) >> >>>>>>> <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>>>>>> Hello Robin, >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> On 02/13/2018 01:51 AM, Robin Kuzmin wrote: >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/waitpid.2.html >> >>>>>>>>> 1. >> >>>>>>>>> I see: "The wait() system call suspends execution of the calling >> >>>>>>>>> process...". >> >>>>>>>>> I expected: "The wait() system call suspends execution of the >> >>>>>>>>> calling >> >>>>>>>>> thread...". >> >>>>>>>>> 2. >> >>>>>>>>> I see: "The waitpid() system call suspends execution of the >> >>>>>>>>> calling >> >>>>>>>>> process...". >> >>>>>>>>> I expected: "The waitpid() system call suspends execution of the >> >>>>>>>>> calling thread...". >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> Thanks. Fixed now. >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> Michael >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> -- >> >>>>>> Michael Kerrisk >> >>>>>> Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ >> >>>>>> Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> Michael Kerrisk >> >>>> Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ >> >>>> Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Michael Kerrisk >> >> Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ >> >> Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ >> > >> >> -- >> Michael Kerrisk >> Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ >> Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ > > > > -- > Robin Kuzmin > kuzmin.robin@xxxxxxxxx > -- 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
