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Re: Debian GNU/Linux Reference Card under construction



Wouter Verhelst writes:

> Additionally, info pages tend to be large, bloated, and full of
> unnecessary information

Warning: religious issue detected.

> (at least, information that IMO does not belong in on-line
> documentation)

Now you got me wondering, what kind of documentation should be
prohibited from digital distribution, in your opinion?

> Not to mention the fact that Debian Policy mandates software to feature
> manpages, which cannot be said about info.

Good point.  How about fixing that requirement?

> Especially GNU software seems to be horrible in this regard.

You're trolling, but just to be sure, you do know why GNU deprecated
`man' about 15 years ago?

Jan.

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