On Mon 29 Oct 2018 at 16:11:01 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 29 October 2018 11:05:32 Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 10:45:50AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > >Is it a separate bug to fuss about the near total lack of meaning to > > > the man pages for ip and its children. > > > > Assuming you have no substantive suggestions, it's not a bug report at > > all, it's just complaining. > > Hmmf. If I could make an educated suggestion, but I've not got a clue as > to how it is supposed to work, those pages aren't a how-to, so I'd be > pinning the tail on the donkey just as if I was blindfolded. But this > isn't a party. > > If printed on Northern's TP stock, then they might be good for something. > > So how does one lodge a complaint that might actually be acted on?
You don't want to do that. Complaints get filed in /dev/null by Linux Central. Now - if you completely rewrote the man page you complain about, the rewrite could be considered. Baited breath and all that. > You've read here, and have noted that they have not been defended by > anyone, and a couple posts have agreed with my assessment. The documentation issue is a sideshow to distract from your destruction of a sane stretch network setup. -- Brian.
