svn commit: r300003 - head/share/man/man4

[Ian Lepore]

On Tue, 2016-05-17 at 12:05 -0400, George Neville-Neil wrote:
> 
> On 17 May 2016, at 3:16, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> 
> > On Tuesday, 17 May 2016 at  0:04:51 -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 04:40:01 AM Greg Lehey wrote:
> > > > Author: grog
> > > > Date: Tue May 17 04:40:00 2016
> > > > New Revision: 300003
> > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/300003
> > > > 
> > > > Log:
> > > >   Correct use of incorrect grammar.
> > > > 
> > > > Modified:
> > > >   head/share/man/man4/gdb.4
> > > > 
> > > > Modified: head/share/man/man4/gdb.4
> > > > ===============================================================
> > > > ===============
> > > > --- head/share/man/man4/gdb.4	Tue May 17 04:03:45 2016	
> > > > (r300002)
> > > > +++ head/share/man/man4/gdb.4	Tue May 17 04:40:00 2016	
> > > > (r300003)
> > > > @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ run the link at more than 9600 bps.
> > > >  Firewire connections do not have this problem.
> > > >  .Pp
> > > >  The debugging macros
> > > > -.Dq "just grown" .
> > > > +.Dq "just growed" .
> > > 
> > > "grew"?
> > 
> > "Just growed".  Did you never read Uncle Tom's Cabin?  Check Topsy.
> > 
> > Of course, what this page really needs is a good overhaul.  I'll
> > see
> > if I can muster the energy.
> > 
> 
> Can you just be honest and admit that this is a trivial commit to you
> can vote in the core elections?
> 
> And Seriously?  Uncle Toms Cabin?
> 
> Best,
> George

I hadn't heard that our manpage style guidelines had changed to 1850s
U.S. southern colloquial.  I applaud the bold move, it's going to make
the mundane task of reading manpages much more entertaining, and is
sure to bring new attention to the FreeBSD project in general as the
word of the change spreads.

-- Ian