> From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
> Date: Fri 30 Jan, 2004
> Subject: Re: possibility of re-using POSIX specs for manual pages
> Hmmm.. I wouldn't call it a high priority. It sounds like they are
> using it as base material for documentation. Our existing
> documentation is not perfect, but it's still pretty good.
Yes, agreed - they sure needed it more than we do. :-)
However, being able to just use portions of the text verbatim (with
the appropriate notice), e.g. when aligning something with the standard,
does save re-inventing the wheel and risking imperfect paraphrasing...
Cheers,
Mark.
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