On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 08:58:44PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 10:53:20AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> > Can you post a patch just doing the moving manpages to dependencies part
> > and indicate that you are seeking seconds? Then we can get that
> > applied.
>
> I call f
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Bug #983657 [debian-policy] debian-policy: weaken manual page requirement
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Hello,
On Sun 28 Feb 2021 at 08:58PM +01, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> I call for seconds on:
>
> --- a/policy/ch-docs.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-docs.rst
> @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
> "cat page".
>
> Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual
> -page included
Re: Helmut Grohne
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 10:53:20AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> > Can you post a patch just doing the moving manpages to dependencies part
> > and indicate that you are seeking seconds? Then we can get that
> > applied.
>
> I call for seconds on:
>
> --- a/policy/ch-docs.rst
Helmut Grohne writes:
> I call for seconds on:
> --- a/policy/ch-docs.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-docs.rst
> @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
> "cat page".
>
> Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual
> -page included in the same package. It is suggested that all
> -configuration file
On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 10:53:20AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Can you post a patch just doing the moving manpages to dependencies part
> and indicate that you are seeking seconds? Then we can get that
> applied.
I call for seconds on:
--- a/policy/ch-docs.rst
+++ b/policy/ch-docs.rst
@@ -12,9
Hello,
On Sun 28 Feb 2021 at 05:41PM +01, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> If we cannot build consensus around that second part, so be it. But
> maybe the other part (moving manual pages to dependencies) can reach
> consensus?
Can you post a patch just doing the moving manpages to dependencies part
and in
On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 11:58:08AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 08:29:21AM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> > So this is actually asking for two distinct things:
> > * Allow moving manual pages to dependencies
> > * Allow demoting such dependencies to recommends
> >
> > A
On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 08:29:21AM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> So this is actually asking for two distinct things:
> * Allow moving manual pages to dependencies
> * Allow demoting such dependencies to recommends
>
> A possible wording in ch-docs.rst could be:
> Each program, utility, and func
Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.5.1.0
Severity: wishlist
I think that the Debian policy is unreasonably strict in its manual page
requirement. While the common case is that manual pages are small and
should be included in the same package, occasionally they are numerous
and moving them to a sepa
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