From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id d8fd7950 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:15:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B3CF4A272A; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 04:15:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BF8693FC6; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 04:15:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 267BEA26DC; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 04:15:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA98F93FC6 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2018 04:15:00 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefriends.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id wAHIEsjt025617; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:14:54 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/submit) id wAHIErpp025616; Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:14:53 GMT From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <201811171814.wAHIErpp025616@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:14:53 -0700 To: lm@mcvoy.com, doug@cs.dartmouth.edu References: <201811160003.wAG03mlF139232@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> <20181116045016.GK3341@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: <20181116045016.GK3341@mcvoy.com> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] man-page style X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Larry McVoy wrote: > From my quotes page: > > How good is good enough: documentation > > Looking at Sun man pages versus Linux man pages is like looking at a Van > Gogh or Monet after studying the work of the high school football player > taking art as an "easy" elective. > > Amy Graf, BitMover The man page authors / tech writers at Sun were paid to write man pages, and learned / were taught how to do it well. The Linux stuff is done by volunteers. You're comparing apples and oranges. Arnold