On Sep 26, 2016, at 5:06 PM, Paul Fox
<pgf(_at_)foxharp(_dot_)boston(_dot_)ma(_dot_)us> 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
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