Hi! I am the author of the `Wget' utility, that has been a Debian package for some time now. It has been brought to my attention that a new package for 1.5.0 version has been created, so I downloaded it from <URL:ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/web/wget_1.5.0-1.deb>.
One annoying thing is that the old manual page (`wget.1') from Wget 1.4.5 is distributed along with the package. As of 1.5.0, I am no longer distributing the manual page for Wget, for these reasons: * The page was old and totally out of synch with Wget. It is enough work to update one form of documentation (`wget.texi'), let alone keep the two of them synched up; * In spite of the very clear out-of-date warning at the beginning of the page, I received (and still do receive) queries related to the features documented in the Info manual. When I explain that the features are documented in the manual, the usual answer is "oh, but I didn't find it in the man-page"; * Removing it is the right thing to do. No documentation is probably better than outdated documentation. Given the fact that Wget *is* documented in the Info manual, the choice was clear; * The only reason why wget.1 ever existed in the first place was that I didn't know Texinfo at the time of writing it. Mr. Goncalves, the maintainer of `wget.deb', hasn't even bothered to drop me a note informing me of his decision to retain the old man page, or at least to ask me why it was removed -- I learned of his decision from a friend. I am not acquainted with the Debian system's policy in cases like this, but I, as the program author, would now like to ask that you remove the outdated manpage from the next Debian package containing Wget. -- Hrvoje Niksic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Manic depression is cool... your body can make its own drugs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
