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

Erik Cederstrand erik+lists at cederstrand.dk
Wed May 18 06:27:59 UTC 2016


> Den 17. maj 2016 kl. 18.24 skrev Ian Lepore <ian at FreeBSD.org>:
> 
> 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.

While we're sitting here in the bikeshed waiting for the rain to stop, I'll join in and say that I rather enjoy these small gems that occasionally pop up in man pages and source comments. I got a lecture in literature and was enlightened and entertained along the way. Thanks, Greg!

Erik


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