[bug #64279] Proposal to rename roff(7)

[Michał Kruszewski]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64279>

                 Summary: Proposal to rename roff(7)
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: mkru
               Submitted: Sat 03 Jun 2023 05:09:41 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


    _______________________________________________________

Follow-up Comments:


-------------------------------------------------------
Date: Sat 03 Jun 2023 05:09:41 PM UTC By: Michał Kruszewski <mkru>
In the upcoming release (1.23) roff.7.man contains mainly a history of roff.
It is still named roff, and I can see potential name clash in the case of
installing groff on BSD systems. For example, FreeBSD already provides man
page for roff(7) (it is completely different than the one provided by groff).
If the file was renamed to something like roff_history, roff_hist,
groff_history or groff_hist, there would be no name conflict. All man pages
coming with groff start with groff_ prefix, and there are no conflicts.
However, the roff.7.man can potentially create problem on BSD systems.







    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64279>

_______________________________________________
Message sent via Savannah
https://savannah.gnu.org/