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Re:TLDR pages by ymse on Monday December 28, 2015 @07:52AM (#10800887)
There have been discussions in the past about "standardizing" on an Examples section. It is usually what I miss the most in any manual.
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Re:TLDR pages by nailer on Monday December 28, 2015 @10:05AM (#10801380)
The man maintainers, at least from my own dealings with them, often don't like contributors. "Examples are nice, and I like your changes, but what if Paul Vixie doesn't?" It's easier to fork man completely and take it away from them, Xorg style.
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Re:TLDR pages by dave2000 on Monday December 28, 2015 @03:59PM (#10803344)
"I've done this, to fix the problem." "Ah yeah, no need; that problem's been discussed in the past". "Ok, what happened" "IT...WAS...DISCUSSED!"
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