From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C2D9C388F7 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:39:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 279E22224B for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:39:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="UcI6htIt" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726248AbgKMKja (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Nov 2020 05:39:30 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:50468 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726237AbgKMKj2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Nov 2020 05:39:28 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-x431.google.com (mail-wr1-x431.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::431]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A8C7C0613D1 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 02:39:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wr1-x431.google.com with SMTP id c17so9197582wrc.11 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 02:39:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DKI3WZWYGDqY7VWqHRDC06tByKzBZDIw8Rr2BqTGiwU=; b=UcI6htItVbZszB375/wdykF46JiJNy5cgY2Ui0/LBVnmWCZf8mvzwOnuVb0JM+5n1d wRSWs5+QvAW2nETX8iMzl1sa+5CdZRMeCwMY2DOOKVN6W1ODkf1yv0stiFoD17d2gEot SOIgIfJ8/tG2N1+cSxEMzMXVIO2dbZvNNBZBkzJJYIHMwnQesVVNGMM/3bfWyX/vabrj nLKQdk4ggvn+uLjqitv0KLhc+l+vFaO5Bl7FzcbFv+qGs+SiejQllW8RXI4SG423ZFgL /2a4k1VUfQp2gzg1YVRmVqYnO07yBk32/RzbZeA/wx4sVqA7dqlm1AQHGzMSMyE4fe4P Tpvg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=DKI3WZWYGDqY7VWqHRDC06tByKzBZDIw8Rr2BqTGiwU=; b=jXKEgpOnMPznrTxFJ4lIAIz2i9DWZNdEd2cG0wvltsEf8SfDVBN8yZ7jCVLM7xCGuX Zvnl/V+YaC28o52dMeGA5FBhjx5ShI0tKlKjupn9A4F0wExC6POoDMcg3USY4ByaoWiv 0L+HgNsRWyQKD7Z2SFp5XZVPYUD4q5165YevSSA1+p1Uwy1fLmrJOFcAM00L310ljkL/ oYcspE1G1IsebKAr/4kEeI+Dugj8klFVgdj7tO+yYBNzW5GTIL6RXikzpqsdAT8hCaT3 qp5ph3NGP4+eDN74S2BVXVpGjltl1+h+aU15w9LhyiVDH14c6qlK8yeP1SdqsbGh2Yl6 x68w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530YDAfEBVaTw9G5Xyb4m9X6ssipOmr1MPkMgx1x3tbzhYGdEOMP rGECK3jx/yaFXPzbonpFIx2wm0vvVcM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy3R/5h4FHezulTMjIaZ5uts5iTRQfIpddabUEdEah2lyZDqjCVNhU1Ar+3uP1uHR7fFxXLnQ== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:5689:: with SMTP id f9mr2488433wrv.181.1605263966677; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 02:39:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPv6:2001:a61:24b3:de01:7310:e730:497d:ea6a? ([2001:a61:24b3:de01:7310:e730:497d:ea6a]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c129sm10074479wmd.7.2020.11.13.02.39.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 13 Nov 2020 02:39:26 -0800 (PST) Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, "G . Branden Robinson" , linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC v1] perf_event_open.2: srcfix + ffix To: Alejandro Colomar , Alejandro Colomar References: <20201112225528.99397-1-alx.manpages@gmail.com> <84882898-6208-73cc-cb52-1e1663d025e1@gmail.com> From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Message-ID: Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:39:25 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.3.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hi Alex, On 11/13/20 11:26 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: >> [...] >> >> At this point, I feel we are devoting a lot of energy to solving a >> problem that has no really good solution. The status quo is not ideal, >> but so far I'm not convinced that there's any compellingly better >> alternative. And moving to one of those alternatives will require >> changes in a lot of pages. I'm in favor of staying with the status quo. > > Agreed. But, I did also mean to say: thank you for trying! The status quo is a result of my best attempt with just partial knowledge of *roff and the man macros and I was hoping there might be something better. Oh well... Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/