From afd6e4dc23028a6ffb3912e4cc066c9ba3bc684d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobstayton <bobs@sagehill.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:38:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix issue #33 Timestamps in manpages considered bugs

---
 xsl/manpages/other.xsl                   | 14 +++++----
 xsl/manpages/param.ent                   |  1 +
 xsl/manpages/param.xweb                  |  2 ++
 xsl/params/man.show.top.comment.date.xml | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 xsl/params/man.show.top.comment.date.xml

diff --git a/xsl/manpages/other.xsl b/xsl/manpages/other.xsl
index 435b578d6..c87b08c17 100644
--- a/xsl/manpages/other.xsl
+++ b/xsl/manpages/other.xsl
@@ -254,11 +254,15 @@
     </xsl:call-template>
     <xsl:text> &lt;http://docbook.sf.net/></xsl:text>
     <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:text>.\"      Date: </xsl:text>
-    <xsl:call-template name="replace.dots.and.dashes">
-      <xsl:with-param name="content" select="$date"/>
-    </xsl:call-template>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
+    <!-- option to turn off date to avoid triggering version in
+         archive systems -->
+    <xsl:if test="$man.show.top.comment.date != 0">
+      <xsl:text>.\"      Date: </xsl:text>
+      <xsl:call-template name="replace.dots.and.dashes">
+        <xsl:with-param name="content" select="$date"/>
+      </xsl:call-template>
+      <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
+    </xsl:if>
     <xsl:text>.\"    Manual: </xsl:text>
     <xsl:call-template name="replace.dots.and.dashes">
       <xsl:with-param name="content" select="$manual"/>
diff --git a/xsl/manpages/param.ent b/xsl/manpages/param.ent
index 4c6146612..6668aa46a 100644
--- a/xsl/manpages/param.ent
+++ b/xsl/manpages/param.ent
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 <!ENTITY man.string.subst.map SYSTEM "../params/man.string.subst.map.xml">
 <!ENTITY man.subheading.divider.enabled SYSTEM "../params/man.subheading.divider.enabled.xml">
 <!ENTITY man.subheading.divider SYSTEM "../params/man.subheading.divider.xml">
+<!ENTITY man.show.top.comment.date SYSTEM "../params/man.show.top.comment.date.xml">
 <!ENTITY man.table.footnotes.divider SYSTEM "../params/man.table.footnotes.divider.xml">
 <!ENTITY man.th.extra1.suppress SYSTEM "../params/man.th.extra1.suppress.xml">
 <!ENTITY man.th.extra2.max.length SYSTEM "../params/man.th.extra2.max.length.xml">
diff --git a/xsl/manpages/param.xweb b/xsl/manpages/param.xweb
index e335435fc..7dd7eb835 100644
--- a/xsl/manpages/param.xweb
+++ b/xsl/manpages/param.xweb
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
 &man.table.footnotes.divider;
 &man.subheading.divider.enabled;
 &man.subheading.divider;
+&man.show.top.comment.date;
   </reference>
   <appendix xml:id="stylesheet">
     <title>The Stylesheet</title>
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@
 <src:fragref linkend="man.string.subst.map.local.pre.frag"/>
 <src:fragref linkend="man.subheading.divider.enabled.frag"/>
 <src:fragref linkend="man.subheading.divider.frag"/>
+<src:fragref linkend="man.show.top.comment.date.frag"/>
 <src:fragref linkend="man.table.footnotes.divider.frag"/>
 <src:fragref linkend="man.th.extra1.suppress.frag"/>
 <src:fragref linkend="man.th.extra2.max.length.frag"/>
diff --git a/xsl/params/man.show.top.comment.date.xml b/xsl/params/man.show.top.comment.date.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c66a93901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xsl/params/man.show.top.comment.date.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+          xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+          xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
+          xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+          version="5.0" xml:id="man.show.top.comment.date">
+<refmeta>
+<refentrytitle>man.show.top.comment.date</refentrytitle>
+<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">boolean</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+<refnamediv>
+<refname>man.show.top.comment.date</refname>
+<refpurpose>Include metadata date in top comment section</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+<src:fragment xml:id="man.show.top.comment.date.frag">
+<xsl:param name="man.show.top.comment.date">1</xsl:param></src:fragment>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
+
+<para>If non-zero, the metadata date is included in the group of metadata
+comments at the top of the generated man page file.  That group includes
+Title, Author, etc.  If the value is zero, then that date comment
+is omitted.  The default value is 1.</para>
+
+<para>If the refentry page info does not include a date element,
+then the current date is used, that is, the date the man page was generated from 
+the refentry. In archiving systems, this can trigger a change of version that
+is not desired when no changes were actually made.  This parameter allows you to
+omit the top comment date in the generated man page.
+</para>
+
+</refsection>
+</refentry>
-- 
2.50.1