On 11/25/2016 06:50 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 09:33:50AM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> Hi Serge,
>>
>> On 11/24/2016 11:52 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
>>> Quoting Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) ([email protected]):
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>> Could we have a man-pages patch for this feature? Presumably for 
>>>> user_namespaces(7) or capabilities(7).
>>>
>>> capabilities.7 doesn't actually mention anything about user namespaces
>>> right now.  
>>
>> True. There's really just this:
>>
>>    Interaction with user namespaces
>>        For a discussion of  the  interaction  of  capabilities  and  user
>>        namespaces, see user_namespaces(7).
>>
>>> I'll come up with a patch for both I think.  Do you have a
>>> deadline for a new release coming up?
>>
>> No deadlines as such. The last couple of years, as a sort of 
>> experiment, I've fallen into the same release cycle as the kernel
>> (typically making a release in the week or so after the kernel release),
>> and I am even using a similar numbering scheme. Ideally, the man-pages
>> patch would go into the release that corresponds to the kernel release
>> that makes the change.
> 
> Cool - I'll write something up in the next few weeks.

Obviously, the sooner you write it, the sooner others may read--and
perhaps test--it.

Cheers,

Michael


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