Package: man-db
Version: 2.7.0.2-5
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Greater line numbers were shown for lines in error when some options
were used with "man".
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When "man" adds lines to the input stream, the line numbers of the
output are not corrected accordingly.
Why was that done?
How will the cause of the error be communicated to other, so they
could learn from it?
The general production of bugs (errors, especially logical ones) has
not decreased during the years. Why is that?
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"Since breaking out of bad habits, rather than acquiring new
ones, is the toughest part of learning we must expect from that
system permanent mental damage for most students exposed to
it."
P. xxxvii in:
On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computing Science
Edsger W. Dykstra (Dijkstra)
SIGCSE Bulletin 1989, 21(1), bls. xxv-xxxix.
Also "www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/"
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"The problems of the real world are primarily those you are
left with when you refuse to apply their effective solutions."
P. xxxviii in:
On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computing Science
Edsger W. Dykstra (Dijkstra)
SIGCSE Bulletin 1989, 21(1), bls. xxv-xxxix.
Also "www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/"
#
It is necessary to consider all consequences of
the proposed action in all states of nature.
There are lots of consequences of any given action. Many of the
problems of society today are at least partly due to the failure
to realize that the "obvious" action taken had so many bad side
effects.
Herman Rubin in the Usenet group "misc.education.science".
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There is a saying,
Any fool can learn from his own experience,
The wise man learns from the experience of others.
Too many students show that the first line is not correct.
But the second is very important, and is the basis of
the setting up of an educational program.
Herman Rubin in the Usenet group "misc.education".
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ii groff 1.22.3-1
ii iceweasel [www-browser] 38.0.1-5
ii less 458-3
ii lynx-cur [www-browser] 2.8.9dev6-3
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Bjarni I. Gislason
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