Re: Errors in man pages of util-linux

[Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>]

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Hello Karel,
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:27:34AM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 09:05:50PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> > On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 9:00 PM Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de> wrote:
> > > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 08:53:31PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> > > > Hello Helge ;-),
> 
> Thanks for your report Helge.
> 
> > > > I think no maintainer wants to deal with a 1000-line mail listing 100+
> > > > minor bugs. May I suggest making the maintainer's life a little easier
> > > > by breaking things up into pieces. For example, one mail per manual
> > > > page (which would be 43 mails by my count).  But maybe Karel has
> > > > another suggestion on how you could make his life easier.
> 
> Well, that's simple, send patches ;-)))
> 
> > > Sure, I can do this, it did not see this mentioned for reporting bugs
> > > in util-linux, hence I did not do so.
> > >
> > > Will do so soon, probably tomorrow.
> 
> I think Michael is right. If we will split it then more volunteers can 
> work on it and it will be more easy to maintain all the task.

Right, will do so, but due to other commitments it might take a few
days (hopefully faster).

Also Mario has send me privately some suggestions for fixing which I
will integrate.

> > Maybe hold off for a day or three before investing effort on this.
> > Karel may have a better idea than mine re his preferred method of
> > reporting.
> 
> I have no another idea (maybe github issue(s), but it will be invisible
> for many contributors).

I personally prefer a mail interface and not yet another account, so
I'll send the issues the the recipients of this e-mail soon.

Greetings

          Helge
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