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The future of the manual (was Re: [PATCH] Add getcpu)


On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 3:43 PM Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2018, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
> > We have a parallel discussion about a new requirement that all new
> > functions must have documentation in the manual.
>
> It's not a new requirement at all.  Documenting new interfaces was added
> to <https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Contribution%20checklist> on
> 2012-04-17.

I get the impression that Florian either believes that the existing
manual is no longer useful, or has some kind of principled objection
to adding new material to it.  Either would be reason to open a
new_discussion about changing this rule.

Florian, would you mind, at your convenience, explaining why you do
not want to add new material to the manual?

zw


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