where to edit man pages for perl?

toro has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: where to edit man pages for perl? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2012 at 07:08 UTC
You will not be able to directly edit anything, but you can create and submit a patch and hope the powers that be approve and commit it. The Perl git repository is here: http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git	[reply]
Re^2: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Jul 29, 2012 at 08:11 UTC
Thanks, anon!	[reply]
Re: where to edit man pages for perl? by toolic (Bishop) on Jul 29, 2012 at 11:49 UTC
perlbug	[reply]
Re^2: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2012 at 00:03 UTC
Thank you toolic, I was unaware of that resource.	[reply]
Re: where to edit man pages for perl? by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 29, 2012 at 06:24 UTC
And which one tutorial that might be? CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]
Re^2: where to edit man pages for perl? by tobyink (Canon) on Jul 29, 2012 at 07:50 UTC
Perhaps all those "Hello World" examples are offensive to some? `perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'`	[reply]
Re^3: where to edit man pages for perl? by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 29, 2012 at 18:25 UTC
Indeed, as an atheist I would like to be greeted with "WorldO"! CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]
Re^2: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2012 at 00:07 UTC
I would rather not get into it on perlmonks. Such discussions never go well.	[reply]
Re^3: where to edit man pages for perl? by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 30, 2012 at 08:40 UTC
I just wanted to know because I am preparing a Perl course to be taught within the company I am working and I would like to avoid any embarrassment. I am working for an American company and they can have some weird views on what is offensive or not. But do send me a personal message if you'd rather not bring it out in the open. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]
Re^4: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2012 at 20:53 UTC
Re^3: where to edit man pages for perl? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 30, 2012 at 04:20 UTC
I would rather not get into it on perlmonks. Such discussions never go well. Might as well, FWIW, any suggested change you make is public, and it will get discussed I found nothing in the tutorials with `use Regexp::Common qw /profanity/;` but I did find these :) perl\dump.c : 1285 : crap perl\Porting\epigraphs.pod : 35 : crap perl\Porting\make_snapshot.pl : 8 : crap perl\os2\Changes : 166 : hard on perl\vms\vms.c : 12147 : hard on perl\vms\vms.c : 13500 : hard on perl\cpan\CGI\Changes : 1391 : crapping perl\cpan\CPAN\Changes : 75 : crap perl\t\re\re_tests : 1098 : crap perl\t\re\re_tests : 1098 : crap perl\cpan\Archive-Tar\lib\Archive\Tar.pm : 498 : crappy perl\cpan\ExtUtils-MakeMaker\t\lib\MakeMaker\Test\NoXS.pm : 13 : crap perl\cpan\Module-Build\lib\Module\Build\Platform\MacOS.pm : 25 : crap [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2012 at 20:32 UTC
Re^5: where to edit man pages for perl? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 01, 2012 at 01:37 UTC
Some notes below your chosen depth have not been shown here
Re: where to edit man pages for perl? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jul 29, 2012 at 19:41 UTC
`-- -- -- -- --`, sadly I can only apply one. Unless there�s a Holocaust joke I missed in the tuts leave the potential offense alone. I guarantee everything offends someone, even, as already mentioned, �Hello world.� It�s not potentially stupid or potentially the fault of the offended in this and many other cases.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2012 at 20:51 UTC
Your Mother, it seems like you judged my opinion without first knowing what it was. Why is there an exception for Holocaust jokes? This statement of yours in particular: It�s not potentially stupid or potentially the fault of the offended in this and many other cases. seems particularly unjust. Just sub in some bigotry or racial name-calling or depictions you disapprove of (e.g. by American whites against African-Americans) and ask if it's the fault of the offended.	[reply]
Re^3: where to edit man pages for perl? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jul 30, 2012 at 21:12 UTC
There is never an exception for Holocaust jokes, was the point. It's one of the only places I'd say the line is indisputable. Which leads me to say the line is usually disputable. Which leads me to say that it's important to err on the side of expression, not on the side of repression. You previously stated that you wouldn't reveal your issue because "Such discussions never go well (on PerlMonks)." This leads to one of the following, 1) you think most of us are irrational, 2) you know your point to be weak and open to critique. I doubt you think your point is weak so you see how I could now potentially take offense. You've implied I'm irrational and maybe even a racist since I'd personally probably veto any self-censoring editorial. Of course without citation this is all very academic and silly, just like taking offense for things that simply aren't true and certainly weren't intended. Update: I just saw the `s/Ahmed/Zed/` from a bit earlier. I wouldn't have kvetched about that though I do think it's silly. Secrecy is no one's friend. As it is impossible to legislate and regulate thoughts, so is it ridiculous and counter-productive to legislate and regulate their expression in words. You can't make people cease to be racist but you can make them resentful and secretive about it.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Aug 01, 2012 at 07:15 UTC
Re^5: where to edit man pages for perl? by Jenda (Abbot) on Aug 01, 2012 at 15:23 UTC
Some notes below your chosen depth have not been shown here
Re: where to edit man pages for perl? by Jenda (Abbot) on Aug 01, 2012 at 15:11 UTC
All this whimpering about offensive language is offending me to no end! I file a complaint and request such statements are removed! Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply]


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