Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> > But I'm not sure if that's a bug or not as I don't know whether
> > manpages-dev is meant to document the GNU or other version of
> > the libc functions.
>
> I don't know that manpages-dev has a policy on that. Upstream
> man-pages policy is: yes, document glibc specifics (but give context
> re portability).
For Debian manpages the same policy applies.
> > BTW, Michael, I take it you're the maintainer of the
> > manpages-dev debian package,
>
> Sometimes one could get that impression ;-). But, no, I'm not. I'm
> merely the upstream maintainer. (Debain derives the downstream
> manpages and manpages-dev packages from my upstream man-pages. The
> Debian maintainer is Joey.)
I'm very glad Michael is so active. A lot of bug reports are not
Debian specific and this way the information is passed upstream
directly.
> > What's the debian view on the LSB.
>
> I don't know.
In general the Debian project wishes to support the current version of
LSB. However, this is best discussed on the debian-lsb list that runs
on lists.debian.org.
Regards,
Joey
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