Re: [PATCH] Fix the man page

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Hi Alejandro,
  Excited to hear that! Thank you!
Best,
Zijun

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 1:48 PM Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2023-07-27 20:33, Zijun Zhao wrote:
> > Hi Alejandro,
> >   Sorry for the late reply! Thank you for your help! Yes, all comments
> > are very clear, understandable and helpful! This is the new patch.
> > Thank you for reviewing! Also, thank Elliott for helping! Hope this
> > patch is qualified!
> > Best,
> > Zijun
>
> Heh, I replied to the wrong email.  Thanks for the patch; I applied it
> (I applied this one, even if I replied to the other one).
>
> Cheers,
> Alex
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 9:13 AM Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Zijun,
> >>
> >> On 2023-07-12 01:48, Zijun Zhao wrote:
> >>> Hi Alejandro,
> >>>   Sorry for the late reply!
> >>
> >> No problem :-)
> >>
> >>> I made some changes(make the subject more
> >>> formal, add a blank line, respect the80-column right margin and use -u
> >>> to when doing git format-patch) and attached the patch below.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >>> But I am
> >>> a bit confused about semantic newlines. I think I already start on a
> >>> new line and use clause breaks to split long sentences? Do I
> >>> misunderstand something? Thank you!
> >>
> >> Here's your patch, modified to use semantic newlines:
> >>
> >> +The kernel accepts null for both time and timezone.
> >> +The timezone argument is ignored by glibc and musl,
> >> +and not passed to/from the kernel.
> >> +Android's bionic passes the timezone argument to/from the kernel,
> >> +but Android does not update the kernel timezone
> >> +based on the device timezone in Settings,
> >> +so the kernel's timezone is typically UTC.
> >>
> >> Does it make sense now?
> >>
> >> I'll also comment a few things about the patch:
> >>
> >>> +The kernel accepts null for both time and timezone.
> >>
> >> We should use the 'tv' and 'tz' identifiers.  We should also use NULL.
> >> I suggest:
> >>
> >> The kernel accepts NULL for both
> >> .I tv
> >> and
> >> .IR tz .
> >>
> >>> +The timezone argument is ignored by glibc and musl,
> >>> +and not passed to/from the kernel.
> >>> +Android's bionic passes the timezone argument to/from the kernel,
> >>
> >> Could you give an example of why bionic differs from glibc and musl,
> >> and why it can be useful.  It is mostly curiosity, but it might be
> >> useful to have it documented in the commit message.
> >>
> >>> +but Android does not update the kernel timezone
> >>> +based on the device timezone in Settings,
> >>> +so the kernel's timezone is typically UTC.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Alex
> >>
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