[Docutils-develop] [docutils:bugs] Re: #458 Two issues regarding manpage writer and .TH

[engelbert g. <gr...@us...>]

set to open-fixed
commandline --date is not usable, but docinfo-date is used
noone complained about the value of source or answered so I will leave it
there



On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 at 18:47, "Günter Milde" <mi...@us...>
wrote:

> Is there still work to do or can we set this issue to "open-fixed" and
> close it once 0.20 is out?
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> * [bugs:#458] <https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/bugs/458/> Two issues
> regarding manpage writer and .TH*
>
> *Status:* open
> *Labels:* manpage writer
> *Created:* Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:13 AM UTC by Dmitry Shachnev
> *Last Updated:* Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:01 AM UTC
> *Owner:* nobody
>
> Dear docutils developers,
>
> I received two bug reports in Debian regarding the content of .TH macro in
> man pages:
>
> First bug — https://bugs.debian.org/1016527 — asks that the value of
> --date argument be used for the third argument of .TH, instead of putting
> it on a separate line (Generated on: YYYY-MM-DD).
>
> Second bug — https://bugs.debian.org/1018737 — asks that docutils not set
> fifth argument of .TH to empty string, but omit it completely and rely on
> the default value.
>
> Please see those bugs for more detailed descriptions (and some discussion,
> in the first bug).
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** [bugs:#458] Two issues regarding manpage writer and .TH**

**Status:** open
**Labels:** manpage writer 
**Created:** Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:13 AM UTC by Dmitry Shachnev
**Last Updated:** Thu Apr 20, 2023 04:47 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


Dear docutils developers,

I received two bug reports in Debian regarding the content of .TH macro in man pages:

First bug — https://bugs.debian.org/1016527 — asks that the value of `--date` argument be used for the third argument of `.TH`, instead of putting it on a separate line (Generated on: YYYY-MM-DD).

Second bug — https://bugs.debian.org/1018737 — asks that docutils not set fifth argument of `.TH` to empty string, but omit it completely and rely on the default value.

Please see those bugs for more detailed descriptions (and some discussion, in the first bug).


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