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=-0.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED 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 DA645C433E0 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 20:33:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F1A420675 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 20:33:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="hoIxFrKW" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726035AbgENUdZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2020 16:33:25 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:36010 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725975AbgENUdX (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2020 16:33:23 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-x544.google.com (mail-ed1-x544.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::544]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32FB9C061A0C for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 13:33:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ed1-x544.google.com with SMTP id d16so44764edq.7 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 13:33:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:reply-to:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=NHfUBpMV8gzpyxOSrh5nl3xfj84gtUSucU0LObJz/FU=; b=hoIxFrKW7foDQ+6ZllBGuDT2M7UqmuPlGfcC2H7AkZ/hazPYv/XHlhN64aMGyEEbBW 0hgVdWJSnzMoThEhZNkoIYBSovvRTLTYJ9nB6Bn8CXNYMJKHybR+J5KCs4KYobg/WKmw BYrSkpPlTQ67m6EPQtLr82yzWTTn8CZSG1YrrUj8YOX8ZND6yX3YOZ23DO4PlNF+60uY vP02OLJhLmXl1G8SFA+5NwP0xmM5EEC9yw37PvFGMgyUP66qRlFs6cTik+STOJvcLSeR WgouycPLk4pNO2jlnSkZU6ZZKCDWzioU8B3tXq7+Gd/1r8+T0DcxfnW3AWS0Jcc7ysWy mcBg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:reply-to :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=NHfUBpMV8gzpyxOSrh5nl3xfj84gtUSucU0LObJz/FU=; b=K0eS4bNSI7Qn9xWfUKfzzKSBFGBlVKxTtIkp0ObGEf9Wzo//uER1rxuT9oYOSzEoE2 Wl5il5nlZ2fhA6R4NLaJdKio/qix61NGCAF52xd6RRhmNzYr6rh9nD7CBhlHhAmKS+C4 E4r2ZtuAnU+VZoapcM9LEtlrLpsvAJLyo9P7jAsP+nLgF2OfaSor0PNzbzTE219RCOVi vNEHN3GFjYlQKm/FLC/9nDt8TEwy1HzCZegYjXL6Bellm2Sp7cP0yGqVTVuxxBLgndjO Voalr1gfmbei+Da5JLRO8g4ncJRuVK//rm/fzdxkC8TSDe9Ef6/q+hmbGaBV+Z20EAzi COQg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531aiv7jRv1PGfo3WjVMv+T/BAsSOvf1ZBjr6GduAh2W+NXgKUMG buW46AnYtuFSe55jXr1ZrB9gEYVkSvG8xy9iXrRnxQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwQuHqcJIootaQtHAf3tX6mNfdUwoto+o1jSoNfvcq9rwHa/8RuD1V0WC4G2QcyKgXaqEny3BO0ukSwAYZGgUc= X-Received: by 2002:aa7:d513:: with SMTP id y19mr5936201edq.367.1589488400759; Thu, 14 May 2020 13:33:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200514185116.GA25596@Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal> <5372295b-b74b-2bf9-a8d1-bf1b38edcb30@physik.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: Reply-To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 22:33:09 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Errors in util-linux man pages, here: adjtime_config.5: Wording To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz Cc: Helge Kreutzmann , util-linux@vger.kernel.org, =?UTF-8?Q?Mario_Bl=C3=A4ttermann?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Hello John, On Thu, 14 May 2020 at 22:15, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > On 5/14/20 10:09 PM, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > >> On 5/14/20 8:51 PM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > >>> I'm now reporting the errors for your project. If future reports should > >>> use another channel, please let me know. > >> > >> I think you should send your changes as patches, preferably with a git pull > >> request as the current form of submitting these changes requires a lot of > >> manual editing due to the large number of changes involved. > > > > Well, yes, but see > > https://lore.kernel.org/util-linux/CAKgNAkgqKs=Q4qvPHirHa6KjW3qOqyyNG7sCxHX2RfWiOBqRbg@mail.gmail.com/ > > Doesn't convince, me really. I don't think it's too much to ask for to > read the documentation of git and then create a set of patches. Yes, but probably the work for Helge to do that is a factor of *several* times the work of someone with commit access doing the manual edits. > I wouldn't accept such mass mails for my own projects, it's just way too > much work to import all these changes manually. I agree. It's a pain. > And I also haven't seen > any other project do that in the past 20 years, so I'm not sure how successful > this strategy is. I'm not sure how successful it will be either. But, one project just did what you haven't seen in the past 20 years, just last month :-). Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/