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Re: A Proposal: Each of Debian Man pages could have a wiki (Main page / Talk Page, etc.) at its bottom, with only Example Code Lines ...

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On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:37:43 +0100, Jonathan Dowland
<jon+debian-user@dow.land> wrote:
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[...]
Ref. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/06/msg00435.html
[...]
> However, as with all things in Debian, things are best achieved by doing
> them yourself; or at least, beginning to, so that there's a concrete
> example to explore.
>
> In this case, there are at least two hurdles to overcome, neither of
> which should be insurmountable:
>
> 1) The source ... upstream packages
>    themselves. Therefore, ... package maintainers will need to carry
>    patches for every man page...
>
> 2) The Debian Wiki has an unclear copyright ... Wiki content cannot be included...
>
> A good place to start would be finding a single package/program/manpage
> that would benefit from linking out to a wiki page, and doing so, in
> order to demonstrate the concept clearly.
[...]


Thank you for posting to this thread, Mr. Dowland. As a member of the
team Debian, you must really be hard-pressed for time.

So in brief, fully self-illustrative:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/03/msg01358.html

In the end, the illustrative, but incomplete Mind Map:
bit.ly/Apt_readingManPages

Best,
Rajib
Etc.

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A Proposal: Each of Debian Man pages could have a wiki (Main page /  Talk Page, etc.) at its bottom, with only Example Code Lines ... "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2021-06-17 08:30 +0200
  Re: A Proposal: Each of Debian Man pages could have a wiki (Main  page / Talk Page, etc.) at its bottom, with only Example Code Lines ... Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-06-17 11:40 +0200
  Re: A Proposal: Each of Debian Man pages could have a wiki (Main page  / Talk Page, etc.) at its bottom, with only Example Code Lines ... "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2021-06-17 14:50 +0200
    Re: A Proposal: Each of Debian Man pages could have a wiki (Main  page / Talk Page, etc.) at its bottom, with only Example Code Lines ... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-06-18 06:30 +0200

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