Re: manpages maintainer now accepting some section 1 manpages.
jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl writes:
> On Sat, Apr 25, 1998 at 11:31:20AM -0400, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> > This sounds like a mistake to me. Presently the debian
> > maintainers are responsible for providing manpages for their
> > packages if the upstream source doesn't contain them. Providing
> > some in the manpages package would dilute this responsibility,
>
> It wouldn't. I am in no way proposing that maintainers be no longer
> responsible for manpages of their packages. I am proposing that
> policy be enhanced to ensure that not only Debian users, but all
> Linux users get to profit from manpages we write for our packages;
> the upstream manpages package is the most convenient way for the
> case where an upstream maintainer chooses not to include a
> manpage. This is similar to the way we handle bugfixes: bugs are
> fixed in Debian packages and when they apply to upstream packages as
> well, the fixes are forwarded upstream.
While I applaud this sentiment, it doesn't deserve to be placed in
policy since it's much too detailed and subject to external
conditions, in this case, the whim of the upstream 'manpages'
maintainer. Now if we had a manpage sub-policy, maybe it could go in
there.
.....A. P. Harris...apharris@onShore.com...<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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