"In the GNU project, man pages are secondary.

[jpmens@mastodon.social]

"In the GNU project, man pages are secondary. [..] It’s your choice whether to include a man page in your program. [..] consider that supporting a man page requires continual effort each time the program is changed. The time you spend on the man page is time taken away from more useful work."

MORE USEFUL WORK?!?!!!!

I can't think of much in our IT world that is more useful that good and accurate documentation.

https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Man-Pages.html

(h/t giulianopz)

[mavetju@aus.social]

@jpmens that page sounds like a parody.

[jpmens@mastodon.social]

@mavetju I agree. Thankfully, @treibholz found the real deal: https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/GNU-Manuals.html

[gunchleoc@mastodon.scot]

@jpmens If it isn't documented, it doesn't exist, because nobody can use it.