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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by k__ on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @08:54AM (#15747821)
I have to admit, I would never add such a "feature".

But I think it's funny.

Also sad that this kind of culture is dying with the increasing professionalization of the industry.

I often feel a bit like a pioneer, doing this stuff at home when I was young, having fun and later making a living with it.

Now I meet more and more people who just do it because it pays well.

But what can I say, it still pays to have a passion for your job :)

Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by fermuch on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @09:59AM (#15748232)
I would have added this "feature" with a mechanism to detect if it's running inside a TTY. That way, automated tests, pipes or scripts that parse the output wouldn't have this problem.

But seriously, who uses a documentation tool for automated tests every minute? That use case is just insane and out of the scope of man IMHO.

Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by _jal on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:43AM (#15748609)
> But seriously, who uses a documentation tool for automated tests every minute?

As someone with a long history of abusing tools and side-effects, I'll defend that. The whole point of the Unix philosophy is small, useful tools that can be composited in ways the creator never anticipated. If it works for them, great. (At least until it isn't.)

But then I also pry with my pocketknife, and you probably don't want to know how about using a mill engine as a come-along...

Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by JadeNB on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:30PM (#15749629)
> But seriously, who uses a documentation tool for automated tests every minute? That use case is just insane and out of the scope of man IMHO.

It seems that it's not being triggered every minute: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/405783/why-does-man... . (In fact, I can't find, even in the pre-editing version of the post, any reference to it happening every minute; but probably I'm just missing it.)

Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by k__ on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:03AM (#15748265)
They also used it without specifying a page.
Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by Thagor on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:27AM (#15755503)
There was still a true bug because "gimme gimme gimme" appeared when calling "man -w", and that's the command they were using. But I still don't understand how a test could break because of this.
Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by uolo on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:54AM (#15749271)
I don't think it is the professionalization of the industry that is making this culture feel less alive, quite the opposite. A lot of the "fun" of such features, or trivia, of past times is that it reflects the work that went into those projects. Today anyone can code up a small script with a clever name and adore it with funny messages and an edgy readme. The meaning of it all, the hard work, the culture and team behind it, the contrast between being serious and funny, and often the funny part itself is lost. Left is mostly a sort joking cargo cult type culture that might even be a hindrance to people trying to make new achievements that will potentially create new cultures, jokes and all.