On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 08:52:55 -0800 Maxim Konovalov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Artem, > > [...] > >> P.S. Maybe you have some suggestions or ideas for new users(7) and > >> groups(7) to > >> be implemented? I also would be happy to get some tips on how to port > >> these > >> pages into FreeBSD better (I have some experience with contributing to > >> FreeBSD > >> manpages, but not that much). > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Artem. > > > > I also want to ask commiters (or active manpage contributors): say if I > > have a new manpage for groups(7) and now I want to mention it (in 'See also' > > section) in several other related pages. Should these changes to other > > manpages > > be included in the commit that introduces the groups(7) itself or should it > > be > > a set of individual independent patches for each page? > > In my opinion, it doesn't really matter much. > > Personally, I'd make a commit (or a patch, or change) for the man page > itself and another one for .Xrs. > > Maxim > > -- > Maxim Konovalov
Thanks Maxim! Shall I bump the document date (.Dd) for each manpage I added .Xr for groups(7) to? What are the common rules for bumping .Dd in general? Should it be a considerably large change (e.g. documenting a new utility argument) or every single change that affects this file?
