Re: Bug#39463,#39482,#39493: timidity, cdrdao, cdtool has no manpage for something
Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
> Sorry for the misunderstanding. I was referring to the sentence underlined
> by Roland, which means that you can't make a symlink to
> undocumented(7) unless there is a bug report.
The reason for that is that the undocumented(7) page says that a bug
report has been filed. OTOH, if you don't file a bug before
installing the undocumented symlink, well, guess what, that's a bug,
and what do we do about bugs? File a bug report.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other, IMO. :-)
I'm not opposed to changing policy here, as long as we also change the
text in undocumented(7) to say something like:
.B not
! report this as a bug, because this has already been reported (or is
! being reported) as a bug;
when a manpage becomes available it will be included, and the bug
--- 35,37 ----
.B not
! report this as a bug, because this has already been reported as a bug;
when a manpage becomes available it will be included, and the bug
Then we could change policy to say that if you use undocumented(7),
you must file a bug either before uploading the package, or
immediately upon receiving notice that the package has been installed.
It does seem a bit odd to have to upload two nearly identical versions
of a package just to follow policy here. (Where the only diff is that
the second one includes the undocumented(7) symlink.) It is a bit
hard on people who end up downloading the package twice for no gain in
functionality.
Should I write up a proposal on this?
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