Re: upstreams maintainer conflict, was: wget: remove outdated manual page
Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@feedback.net.ar> writes:
> Here at Debian we like manpages. We decided to provide a manpage
> with every executable in the system. You have read the policy and
> know that it would be a bug for a Debian package to link to
> undocumented(7). It would also be a bug to remove the manpage. So
> I've choosen to improve it. It would be great if you can point any
> problem you find in the new version.
Problems:
* It is still marked as "outdated". This means that you haven't done
your job right. Either update it or chuck it away.
* It is an old version of *my* manual page. Not the "new version". I
have removed the old page because I consider it inadequate. If I
were to write a man-page now, I would have done it differently.
For the reason above, I would like you to remove my man page from the
package, and write your own. As long as you don't
> I will add a note (kind of a disclaimer) to the page saying that I'm
> responible for it, if you wish.
No. I want you to remove the page and write your own. Failing that,
I want you to write that this page is present AGAINST my explicit
wishes, and that I disclaim ALL responsibility for its contents.
It is only too bad that I have no legal means to force you to do the
above. This is what I meant by "regretting" that Wget is free.
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