Bug#714232: tsort manual page does not describe input format

2013-07-04 Thread brian m. carlson
tags 714232 + patch kthxbye On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 12:09:54AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > It is frustrating to me that you are dismissing info out of hand due > to subjectively not liking it. That type of reasoning is symetrical > but opposite to the GNU reasoning for requiring info documentation

Bug#714232: tsort manual page does not describe input format

2013-06-30 Thread Bob Proulx
brian m. carlson wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > This illustrates a basic philosophical difference between GNU systems > > and traditional Unix systems. In a traditional Unix system the > > standard for documentation was the man page. Mostly because there > > wasn't anything better. But as "GNU i

Bug#714232: tsort manual page does not describe input format

2013-06-28 Thread brian m. carlson
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 08:43:53PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > brian m. carlson wrote: > > Topological sorting requires a list of directed edges. In order to > > describe these edges, one must have at least two pieces of information > > per edge, namely the vertices defining that edge. tsort presu

Bug#714232: tsort manual page does not describe input format

2013-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
brian m. carlson wrote: > Topological sorting requires a list of directed edges. In order to > describe these edges, one must have at least two pieces of information > per edge, namely the vertices defining that edge. tsort presumably > requires some specific format for this information, but the

Bug#714232: tsort manual page does not describe input format

2013-06-26 Thread brian m. carlson
Package: coreutils Version: 8.20-3 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man1/tsort.1.gz Topological sorting requires a list of directed edges. In order to describe these edges, one must have at least two pieces of information per edge, namely the vertices defining that edge. tsort presumably req