Re: Bug#39830: debian-policy: [PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks
Jim Lynch <jim@laney.edu> writes:
> Essentially, the reason is to keep bug reports down. Some folx report bugs en
> masse and undocumented(7) was/is seen as a way to keep the bug reports down.
Yes, but it's not working, as demonstrated by a) all the packages that
use undocumented(7), but *don't* have a bug report on file (clear
violation of policy), and b) all the packages that continue to use
undocumented(7) for year after year.
The goal was *not* to give people with a way they could avoid
providing man pages forever and ever. Unfortunately, that seems to be
the main use for it these days.
And furthermore, the fact that so many package use undocumented(7)
*without* a bug report on file means that those packages could easily
start getting duplicate bug reports as soon as people start to notice
and look for this. So, it's ineffectual at its original purpose.
The cure seems to be worse than the original problem.
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