Bug#1094145: debian-policy: Remove or significantly minimize manual page requirement
On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 08:16:29PM -0500, Jeremy Bícha wrote:
> - Many new contributors to Debian in an attempt to get their new
> package "Lintian clean" spend significant time creating a manpage for
> their app, often a GUI app with no command line options. The manpage
> does not really have useful content.
> - Many open bugs exist requesting manpages for apps where it may
> similarly not be needed.
The man page provides a link between the executable name and the app.
This is useful in a lot of situation. Writing such a manpage is not
a waste of time.
Maybe we need a tool dh_help2man that would automatically build man pages.
using ---help and the synopsis in debian/control.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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