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=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS 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 1F8C8C47255 for ; Mon, 11 May 2020 09:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED4C6206E6 for ; Mon, 11 May 2020 09:27:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="SOj46XIc" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728574AbgEKJ1q (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 May 2020 05:27:46 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com ([205.139.110.120]:59187 "EHLO us-smtp-1.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728260AbgEKJ1p (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 May 2020 05:27:45 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1589189264; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=YA8Pn6SnIlGKIFC2h9xV0YgGtxQj8YO7qogkZJOy9YM=; b=SOj46XIcSdb/3+t3HEIr6lv0GMF9R2rjERVmHtF+MhhoVN+fNQwsxs86DEgR2QIgH6eL/z 8/GJQ7n63m51/n5or1DaPowGRBiLo0d08Ki6Hdoh6mNUy98Pv93eiUEgK8BWrxU0+/MSF6 nyhRbJdGsh6711rlA3CGKZeENlI+p9g= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-450-xaYt2OQ9NyuCUFvWw5oTsA-1; Mon, 11 May 2020 05:27:39 -0400 X-MC-Unique: xaYt2OQ9NyuCUFvWw5oTsA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46DE3107ACCA; Mon, 11 May 2020 09:27:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ws.net.home (unknown [10.40.193.21]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D538C7526B; Mon, 11 May 2020 09:27:36 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 11:27:34 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Michael Kerrisk Cc: Helge Kreutzmann , util-linux@vger.kernel.org, Mario =?utf-8?Q?Bl=C3=A4ttermann?= Subject: Re: Errors in man pages of util-linux Message-ID: <20200511092734.6izjgahtz37iya6v@ws.net.home> References: <20200503191335.GB27970@Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal> <20200509190020.GA28852@Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.11 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: util-linux@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 09:05:50PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 9:00 PM Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > > Hello Michael, > > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 08:53:31PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > Hello Helge ;-), Thanks for your report Helge. > > > I think no maintainer wants to deal with a 1000-line mail listing 100+ > > > minor bugs. May I suggest making the maintainer's life a little easier > > > by breaking things up into pieces. For example, one mail per manual > > > page (which would be 43 mails by my count). But maybe Karel has > > > another suggestion on how you could make his life easier. Well, that's simple, send patches ;-))) > > Sure, I can do this, it did not see this mentioned for reporting bugs > > in util-linux, hence I did not do so. > > > > Will do so soon, probably tomorrow. I think Michael is right. If we will split it then more volunteers can work on it and it will be more easy to maintain all the task. > Maybe hold off for a day or three before investing effort on this. > Karel may have a better idea than mine re his preferred method of > reporting. I have no another idea (maybe github issue(s), but it will be invisible for many contributors). Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com