On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 11:06 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > On 27.11.2008 10:32, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 08:28:55PM -0600, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > >> Far too often I find myself looking for non-existent man pages, Google > >> results, or help menus in GNU/Linux software. What's the problem? There > >> is no single, reliable, standardized documentation system that is > >> universally accepted or appreciated. Yes, what I'm about to describe > >> should obsolete man, info, and all the other dozen "help" documentation > >> found in all the Fedora packages. > > > > Debian forces all programs to come with a man page. If one is > > missing, this is considered a bug and packagers have to write one. > > > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html > > > > This would be an excellent idea for Fedora to follow (and we can, > > license permitting, use the Debian man pages). > > My 2 cent: It would be way better for everyone to get those man pages > upstream. > > One reason for that: If you add man pages from debian to a fedora > package then you have to recheck every now and then if the man pages are > still up2date. That afaics often tends to be forgotten (I'm guilty > myself here). Well, pressurize upstreams or learn to use help2man? Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
