(07/12/2011 05:07 PM), jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > X-debbugs-Cc: bug-w...@gnu.org > Package: wget > Version: 1.12-3.1 > Severity: wishlist > > Have you checked out the man page lately? > The simple conversion from Info leaves some atrocious junk. Have a slice: > > server response, save: see "HTTP Options", . (line 217) > > session cookies: see "HTTP Options", . (line 141) > > signal handling: see "Signals", . (line 6) > > spanning hosts: see "Spanning Hosts", . (line 6) > > spider: see "Download Options", . (line 186) > > Plus the entire GPL. > Also the whole list of boring contributors. > Yes I know GNU projects are supposed to have "different" looking man > pages, but this is the most "special" one I've yet seen :-(
Please note that Debian's wget manpage is created in a different way than upstream's, which does not have such artifacts. This was a decision made by the Debian package maintainer, and does not affect GNU's project. I don't fault the Debian maintainer for choosing to do it his way. The trade-off is that GNU's manpage lacks the completeness of the information provided by the Texinfo manual; his direct conversion for the Debian package is complete, but ugly. -- Micah J. Cowan http://micah.cowan.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
