> On Sep 26, 2016, at 5:06 PM, Paul Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > > nobody said the local man pages would go away, and nobody said the > online copy of documentation would be the only copy. but some people > do, sometimes, work on machines without man pages, or without > /usr/share/docs. > > whatever. i think the level of need is low, but saying it's a > "non-starter" is a little strong.
Call me Grumpy[2], but any system with a packaged install of nmh that doesn't include the man pages[1] is broken. So yes, that's a non-starter in my books. It's not a scenario to cater to, because the fix is to not break the packages in the first place. --Grumpy. [1] If the OS that ships the crippled nmh package absolutely refuses to ship troff, then it's up to them to include pre-formatted manpages, in the package, in whatever format suits their user base. And a man(1) that finds and displays them. [2] I'm beginning to think the "Shirley" variation even predates the birthdates of some of the list subscriber's parents :-P _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
