On Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 11:54:58 +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> > | If no manual page is available for a particular program, utility or
> > | function and this is reported as a bug on debian-bugs, a symbolic link
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> I think this is a stupid policy and should be changed.
Care to provide reasons?
I think this is a sensible policy: all executables in the regular path
should have manpages (if only to point to documentation in a different
format); lack of such a manpage is a bug; bugs should be reported to the
BTS. A report in the BTS means there is a problem that ought to be fixed. We
all know how different the real world is from the ideal one, so we
understand that a maintainer might not have the time or the inclanation to
fix it, but we have never had a restriction that only maintainers can fix
bugs in packages. Having missing manpages listed in the BTS can also for
instance help volunteers who want to contribute documentation.
Ray
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