Re: Undocumented binary
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:00:31AM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Dennis Schoen wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:49:41AM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> > >
> > > What is the point?
> > policy :)
>
> i hate that catch 22.
>
> can't file a bug, since the package is not in debian[1]
> can't use undocumented, unless you have a bug against it,
> can't leave a manpage out entirely, since it would fail lintian,
> can't get into the archive, unless it is lintian clean
>
> -john
>
> [1] okay, you do file a bug against it with the ITP, but that bug is
> against wnpp. somehow, filing a bug against a package that does not
> yet exist seems wrong to me. i end up writing a small man page.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Precisely: "undocumented" is not a solution, writing the man page
is the solution.
-S
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