Bdale> I think a far better use of our time and energy would be writing Bdale> more content for the Debian-originated tar man page. Since that Bdale> is included in the tar package itself, it is far more likely to Bdale> actually be on a disconnected Debian system than info documents Bdale> in a non-free package that most users are unlikely to install.
Bdale> I'm not completely opposed to the idea, but I'm not yet convinced Bdale> it's worth doing the work to maintain a second, non-free package. Can free and non-free binary packages be created from the same source package? If yes, the packaging work is minimal. I recognize that in any case it is extra work for you or another maintainer. However, consider this: if the manpage becomes the main document, it will have to be synchronized with updates to the program itself. Upstream won't help with that because, right or wrong, they don't consider manpages relevant. OTOH they presumably keep the info document up to date. -- A true pessimist won't be discouraged by a little success. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
