Re: specification of LSB commands

[Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@transmeta.com>]

Ben Finney <ben.finney@printsoft.com.au> writes:

> What are the GNU project's reasons for not liking man pages (or at least
> for preferring info pages)?

The GNU coding standards explain their reasoning.  We are trying to
solve a different problem, though, so their reasoning doesn't readily
apply here (whether or not you agree with GNU on the issue).  Some of
the disadvantages that they cite for manual pages are probably even
advantages in writing certain parts of specifications.

Using texinfo manuals as the basis for a specification will probably
require more work, but it may unfortunately be necessary for certain
LSB commands.

Dan