Bug#2002: Missing manpages
bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) siad:
> If their copyright is acceptable, why not put them in the package? FSF
> (really Richard Stallman) is attempting to discourage the use of man
> pages and replace them with info pages. Info pages have the disadvantage
> of requiring a navigation mechanism to do anything with them and being
> much too verbose for their own good or anyone else's. I'd like to encourage
> the use of man pages.
Regarding manpages for diff package programs, only one of the four
manpage files had a copyright statement in it. I'm trying to run down
a clean copyright statement.
Regarding info, I agree.
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