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 (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2RDwBX6030859 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:58:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailscan-1.sys.kth.se (mailscan-1.sys.kth.se [130.237.32.91]) by smtp-2.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE29E14F135; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:58:05 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at kth.se Received: from smtp-2.sys.kth.se ([130.237.32.160]) by mailscan-1.sys.kth.se (mailscan-1.sys.kth.se [130.237.32.91]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id dxMpjHIMkOFa; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:58:01 +0200 (CEST) X-KTH-Auth: kristaps [193.10.49.5] X-KTH-mail-from: kristaps@bsd.lv Received: from ctime.hhs.se (ctime.hhs.se [193.10.49.5]) by smtp-2.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id A973114D7F9; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:58:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4F71C768.4030403@bsd.lv> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:58:00 +0200 From: Kristaps Dzonsons User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; OpenBSD amd64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110805 Thunderbird/5.0 X-Mailinglist: mdocml-tech Reply-To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv CC: Ingo Schwarze Subject: Re: Add support for `OP', one of the extended man macros. References: <201201031516.q03FGP2k006780@krisdoz.my.domain> <20120226195520.GK5977@iris.usta.de> In-Reply-To: <20120226195520.GK5977@iris.usta.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I have just merged this to OpenBSD, with one small tweak (see below). > > I agree that we should support GNU extensions for compatibilty > if they occur in practice and unless they cause too much bloat; > but i insist in discouraging their use more strongly. > > Obviously, esr was very misguided in proposing these extensions. > He combines the worst parts of both worlds: The clunkyness of > the ancient man(7) macros, which cannot be repaired by adding > a few more macros, and the portability problems still haunting > mdoc(7). If man(7) has any excuse to still exist, it's > portability, and man-ext clearly gives that last asset away. > > So, we should handle these macros as deprecated, not list them > in the MACRO OVERVIEW, and prominently discourage their use > up front, not only below COMPATIBILITY where the warning can > easily be missed. > > OK to commit this tweak to bsd.lv as well? Ingo, if you haven't already done this already, please do so! I agree completely. Best, Kristaps -- To unsubscribe send an email to tech+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv