Hi Branden, On 2023-08-16 05:55, G. Branden Robinson wrote: [...] >> Would you mind sending an updated commit message? > > I did, but you found a fresh problem, this time with part 1, so I guess > we'll be going to v4! :-O Also I'm going to make an attempt to drive > the part 1 change with sed as well. Just to see if I can, and to see > what happens. Great! (As long as it's kept as a separate patch. ;) > >> Heh, I noticed some weirdness about it, but it happened to be after a >> -rCHECKSTYLE, so it seemed like it could be some improvements that you >> had applied upstream to CHECKSTYLE. =3 definitely made sense to that >> register. > > GNU troff(1) does not raise a diagnostic if a register assignment is > followed by garbage. That's disappointing. > > Filed. https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64559 Nice. > >>> Please double-check for that before pushing to kernel.org. >> >> Please send one that I don't need to modify. I don't like modifying >> other's stuff, in case I break it. :) > > Did v3 2/2 show up for you without quoted-printable damage? Yup. I assume Thunderbird is not messing with the source of the received email. I bet it's neomutt(1), even if I'd expect it's not the kind of program that would do that. Please send a hand-crafted encrypted copy in an attached file, where no program can mess with it. > >>>>>> and against man-pages(7) recommendations. >>>> >>>> Well, we should update those to use MR. >>> >>> And man(7) too, I guess. What do you think? >> >> I want to kill that page. Please have a look at it, take anything >> good that it has for groff_man{,_style}(7), and ping me when I >> should sharpen the scythe. ;) > > Ok, will do. > > If the page is withdrawn, I expect distributors will need to manage the > man.7 page using Debian's "alternatives" mechanism or similar; if > groff_man.7 is installed, man.7 should be a symlink to it. If > mandoc_man.7 is installed, likewise. If both are installed, the > distributor needs to select a default preference. > > I expect you will want to emphasize this in the release announcement, > when the time comes. Sure. 6.6 will be a big release. Maybe there are many bug-fix patches to it... like 6? > > This already needs to happen with soelim(1) and roff(7), but it doesn't, > exactly; Debian renames mandoc's versions of the former to msoelim(1) > and the latter to mandoc_roff(1). Termux simply throws groff's versions > away and installs mandoc's versions as soelim(1) and roff(7). > > I also use Termux. This reminds me I need to ping for the replacement of my Linux phone, which has issues, and I can't receive calls. :| > Imagine my surprise when I upgraded to groff 1.23.0 > on my tablet and brought up roff(7). I was expecting to see myself in > the mirror, and what should greet me but the visage of Ingo Schwarze! Huh! Under what criteria do they choose mandoc_roff(7) as /the/ roff(7)? > > Unnerving, no? It is! Cheers, Alex > > Regards, > Branden -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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