Re: A Proposal: Each of Debian Man pages could have a wiki (Main page / Talk Page, etc.) at its bottom, with only Example Code Lines ...
On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:37:43 +0100, Jonathan Dowland
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Ref. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/06/msg00435.html
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> However, as with all things in Debian, things are best achieved by doing
> them yourself; or at least, beginning to, so that there's a concrete
> example to explore.
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> In this case, there are at least two hurdles to overcome, neither of
> which should be insurmountable:
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> 1) The source ... upstream packages
> themselves. Therefore, ... package maintainers will need to carry
> patches for every man page...
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> 2) The Debian Wiki has an unclear copyright ... Wiki content cannot be included...
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> A good place to start would be finding a single package/program/manpage
> that would benefit from linking out to a wiki page, and doing so, in
> order to demonstrate the concept clearly.
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Thank you for posting to this thread, Mr. Dowland. As a member of the
team Debian, you must really be hard-pressed for time.
So in brief, fully self-illustrative:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/03/msg01358.html
In the end, the illustrative, but incomplete Mind Map:
bit.ly/Apt_readingManPages
Best,
Rajib
Etc.
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