Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:

> Hello Bartosz,
>
> * Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-11 13:02]:
>> > I have written a binary clock for text mode.
>> > It is available on 
>> >    http://www.ngolde.de
>> > 
>> > There is a debian package too.
>> > How can this program placed in the debian distribution?
>> 
>> And now let's take a look and lintian output.
>> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])~$lintian binclock_1.2.1-1_i386.deb 
>> E: binclock: binary-without-manpage binclock
>
> every program must have a man page?

Policy, 12.1:

,----
| Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual
| page included in the same package. It is suggested that all
| configuration files also have a manual page included as well. Manual
| pages for protocols and other auxiliary things are optional.
`----

Why are you surprised? If it's because you prefer info, you can just
provide a minimal manpage and refer to the info documentation in it.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie

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