Hi Peter,
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:35:10PM +0200, Peter Breitenlohner wrote:
> IMHO the util-linux-ng leave a lot to be desired:
>
> (1) Outright bugs:
> (1a) false statements
> (1b) omissions (e.g. description of `-S' in cytune.8)
> (1c) buggy troff/groff syntax causing bad/missing output
>
> (2) Very incoherent (and sometimes poor) formatting
>
> I'd like to submit patches correcting this, but first want to know if such
> patches will be acceptable (I assume yes for (1), maybe for (2)).
sure, patches are welcomed. The ideal solution is to use the same
formatting and style for all man pages.
> Furthermore, one big patch for everything, one for each subdirectory, or one
> for each file?
Please, use small patches. Always. One patch for one util (or man
page). The "git commit" command is really cheap.
Karel
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