who maintains the man pages?
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From: Todd on 17 Mar 2010 11:44 On 03/16/2010 08:08 PM, Mark Hobley wrote: > Mark Hobley<markhobley(a)hotpop.donottypethisbit.com> wrote: >> If you have written some man pages, then post them to comp.sources.unix and I >> will add them to the missing man resources. > > I am working on an upload system that will allow you to upload manual pages > for submission to the archive, but this is probably a couple of years away from > completion. > > Mark. > Cool
From: John Hasler on 17 Mar 2010 12:03 Todd writes: > There is a man page (not missing). But I just heard back from the > user group that the man page is not maintained by anyone. I wrote: > You could start doing it. Todd writes: > What makes you think I know that much about the program? I will stick > with additions and amendments. That is what maintaining the man page consists of. Don't worry. If you get it wrong someone will let you know. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: Todd on 17 Mar 2010 12:37 On 03/17/2010 09:03 AM, John Hasler wrote: > That is what maintaining the man page consists of. Don't worry. If you > get it wrong someone will let you know. It is especially annoying when you discover some idiot omission that drove you crazy trying to figure out and you would love to document for other. And, you can't figure out who to send your addition to. -T
From: Michael Black on 17 Mar 2010 17:38 On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Todd wrote: > On 03/17/2010 09:03 AM, John Hasler wrote: >> That is what maintaining the man page consists of. Don't worry. If you >> get it wrong someone will let you know. > > It is especially annoying when you discover some idiot > omission that drove you crazy trying to figure out > and you would love to document for other. And, you can't > figure out who to send your addition to. > That's the advantage of having third parties do documentation. You may not know the program as well as the author, but you aren't likely to overlook some detail that is obvious to them but not to others. Michael
From: Darren Salt on 19 Mar 2010 13:54
I demand that Mark Hobley may or may not have written... > Mark Hobley <markhobley(a)hotpop.donottypethisbit.com> wrote: >> If you have written some man pages, then post them to comp.sources.unix >> and I will add them to the missing man resources. > I am working on an upload system that will allow you to upload manual pages > for submission to the archive, but this is probably a couple of years away > from completion. Retaining copyright & licence details? Revision history? Given a man page which I might want to import, I'd be looking for those things. -- | Darren Salt | linux at youmustbejoking | nr. Ashington, | Doon | using Debian GNU/Linux | or ds ,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army | + This comment has been censored. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder... |