Bug#191675: qa.debian.org: Man page coordination advice slightly inconsistent
reassign 191675 manpages
thanks
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 07:28:55PM +0100, John G Ineson wrote:
> Package: qa.debian.org
> Version: N/A; reported 2003-05-02
> Severity: minor
>
> The undocumented manpages say:
>
> "... please write a better man page than this one. Please contact the
> package maintainer in order to avoid several people working on the same
> manpage."
>
> Whereas http://qa.debian.org/man-pages.html says:
>
> "... please write the man pages for a whole package. Send e-mail to
> man-pages@qa.debian.org and tell us which package you are working on.
> We can then add you to this web site so other people know that someone
> is working on that particular package already."
I think undocumented(7) ought to be updated to recommend that people
writing man pages copy man-pages@qa.debian.org.
http://qa.debian.org/man-pages.html is linked to the lintian report, so
it's a reasonably good way to coordinate such work.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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