Re: submitting something. Theo has spoken and given his judgement. Theo decreed "no, it should not be there", thus I shall not be wasting my time submitting something that won't ever be accepted due to whatever weird reason Theo thinks a random half-baked description of what is going on with netstart(8) is acceptable.
25 Oct 2020, 13:44 by [email protected]: > Rachel, you could submit something to be helpful if you like, fill the gap > that you see. Only 60 devs and most of the man page content is incredibly > up to date and valuable. > So I for one look forward to you adding your entry into the netstart man page > for community review. > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Sunday, 25 October 2020 09:42, Rachel Roch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 25 Oct 2020, 01:25 by [email protected]: >> >> > Rachel Roch [email protected] wrote: >> > >> > > Is it just me or is the man entry for netstart(8) missing a reference to >> > > wg(4) ? >> > >> > ... and 300 other network interfaces. >> > In otherwords, no, it should not be there. >> >> OK smart alec, then why bother enumerating any of the non-physical >> interfaces on the man page ? >> >> Afterall, the man page does state at the head of the list "During the system >> boot, netstart is executed. netstart performs the following operations, in >> the sequence given". >> >> There is little point giving a half-assed description. Either you enumerate >> ALL the non-physical interfaces, or otherwise you treat them the same way as >> the physical ones ("Configure all the physical interfaces"). >> >> Otherwise you are failing to explain what happens to any of your "300 other >> interfaces". Enumerate or don't enumerate, I don't care ... but surely it >> is sensible to pay some reference to them. >> >> Sheesh ! >>
