Proposal regarding future packaging

["Ken Spath" <kspath@spath.net>]

Proposal regarding future packaging:

Add an additional manual page to new/future/updated packages that is
the same as the package name. IF and only IF there would NOT be a
conflict with an existant necessary manual page AND IF there is no
binary in a package that is the same as the package name.

Examples only two of many:

package casu installs  flon
package netdiag installs  trafshow among others


If after I install casu or netdiag, I type man casu or man netdiag
there is nothing.

whereis /  find  / apt-cache search / apt-file search were necessary

How many current debian users and users of forked distributions know
of apt-file or even that they must install it first AND update it
first?

Further, I suggest that these additional manual pages be as simple and
easy as possible to create (keep it simple). At least mention all the
executables or other useful and necessary parts of the package. They
would only be important / useful / necessary for packages that do not
contain a binary/executable/script of the same name as the package.

In this way you could type in:  man netdiag   or man casu after
installing those respective packages and at least have some idea on
how to proceed.

Thank you for your time and I hope my prose and/or logic does not
cause any untimely deaths amongst the list membership.



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