linux-kernel - Re: richacl(7) man page review comments

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Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:35:14 +0100
From:	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
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	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Subject: Re: richacl(7) man page review comments

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
<mtk.manpages@...il.com> wrote:
> You're right. I was confusing with xattr(7). So, I think it might
> make some sense to eventually move both of these into man-pages (for
> richacl(7), at least, it's probably worth delaying this for a bit),
> since  they're describing kernel-user-space interfaces.

Well, the actual user-space interface is xattrs in both cases.

> I can see counter-arguments too, such as these pages are closely
> related to the corresponding user-space libraries you maintain.
> What do you think?

I would keep the man-pages where they are right now, but I don't have
a strong preference.

Andreas