On Aug 26, 2007, at 4:16 PM, Gavin Henry wrote: Well, this instance I saw going over too far because it was basically it stated an opinion regarding the quality of a piece of software. It made a specific recommendation when no specific recommendation is needed. Even if there were a need for the admin to use a network analyzer, there is no particular reason for OpenLDAP Project to favor one analyzer over another. There are multiple implementations of tail(1) specification. The guide should using non-standard features of some implementations. Stick to POSIX whenever possible. Also, I assume we're not stating any opinion as to the quality of any particular implementation of tail(1). Avoid playing favorites. If there are more than one tool that can do a job (which is generally the case), don't pick one. Instead, describe the job that needs getting done and leave it to the admin to decide which tool to use.