For the record I talked about this with Iain Lane on #debian-gnome (see
attachment).
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj
Conversation at #debian-gnome 2019-09-05
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<GunnarHj> Hi all,
<GunnarHj> The install links in gnome-user-docs don't work on Debian.
<GunnarHj> I posted a suggestion for a fix as https://bugs.debian.org/938994
<GunnarHj> Would appreciate feedback. Myself use Ubuntu normally, and Debian
only occationally for tests.
<Laney> GunnarHj: what's that install: thing supposed to be handled by?
<Laney> sounds OK to me
<GunnarHj> Laney: Suppose you saw that GNOME Software takes care of it. Ok,
thanks!
<Laney> GunnarHj: Yeah. I was wondering how upstream intends the "install:"
thing to work and why that doesn't for us
<GunnarHj> Laney: They say it works fine in Fedora, but I'm not able to provide
the details.
<GunnarHj> Laney: Correction: I can provide some details on the topic.
action="install:..." is a Yelp feature, and Shaun seemed not too surprised that
it doesn't work for us last time we talked about it:
<GunnarHj>
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2018-March/msg00096.html
<GunnarHj> Besides, apt: has the advantage that we (unlike upstream GNOME) can
keep the install buttons if publishing the docs on the web.
<Laney> fair enough
