From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp-2.sys.kth.se (smtp-2.sys.kth.se [130.237.32.160]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4C8qp9Z003445 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 02:52:52 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-2.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EC1514E087 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 14:41:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at kth.se Received: from smtp-2.sys.kth.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-2.sys.kth.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id LF8zBZmlJXY8 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 14:41:17 +0200 (CEST) X-KTH-Auth: kristaps [130.237.221.96] X-KTH-mail-from: kristaps@bsd.lv X-KTH-rcpt-to: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv Received: from [130.237.221.96] (ctime.pdc.kth.se [130.237.221.96]) by smtp-2.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BA4114DC36 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 14:41:16 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4BEAA40F.2090209@bsd.lv> Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 14:50:23 +0200 From: Kristaps Dzonsons User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090707) X-Mailinglist: mdocml-discuss Reply-To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv" Subject: Re: mdoc section ordering References: <20100511115233.GV88504@acme.spoerlein.net> <20100511134542.GA24992@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> <20100511145711.GW88504@acme.spoerlein.net> <20100511154317.GB24992@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> <20100511162352.GY88504@acme.spoerlein.net> <4BE9B98D.3060706@bsd.lv> <20100511205920.GC24992@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100511205920.GC24992@bramka.kerhand.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> Jason, in my opinion, COMPATIBILITY and STANDARDS shouldn't be merged in >> all cases. Take mdocml's man.7 and mdoc.7, for example: the >> COMPATIBILITY section is used to enumerate the differences between >> troffs and mandoc. Since -man, -mdoc, etc. aren't standards, where else >> would this go? >> > > a separate section sometimes makes sense, yes. but for the general case, > we found it didn;t warrant the need for an "official" section. This has been checked in along with some other bits. Thanks! Note that -man doesn't check against sections, largely because I don't want to bloat the codebase with validating that obsolete shit. -- To unsubscribe send an email to discuss+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv