[Traduc] Section 1 pages to disappear from man-pages

[Martin Schulze]

Alain PORTAL wrote:
> > Unless I hear some good objections these pages are likely to disappear from
> > man-pages in the next few weeks.
> 
> I have objections Michael, sorry ;-)
> Of course, these man pages are really to old!
> There is only one reason its are old, noboby maintiends its...
> 
> And I'll say like Andries said: "I like man pages and I hate info pages"....
> 
> I have two reasons:
> - man pages are really easy to use, not info pages...
> - man pages are translatable! Not info pages!!!!!
> 
> Everybody have to speak english to be able to use Linux? 
> Fuck!!!! Windows is translated !
> Many people want to use Linux and aren't able to speak or read english.
> What about translators?
> I'm the french man pages maintener, I maintend as soon is possible for me the 
> french man pages translation.
> What about us?
> GNU want to kill us?
> GNU don't care about translators?
> Is english the universal language?
> No! French is the universal diplomatic langage!!! So, let us be able to 
> translate help or documentation.
> And GNU info page are untranslatable! Unfortunately...
> Is the GNU project acting than an owner project?
> 
> I have to say you that now, I hate the GNU project because it act like a owner 
> project.... Only english? Fuck you!!!! Don't forget Linus isn't an english 
> man
> 
> Michael, we have to find mainteners who accept to release man pages against  
> the info pages...

As long as they're old and unmaintained, they're useless.

If you can, start a gnu-manpages package that automatically converts
commonly used GNU info pages into manpages.  Do this automatically,
so that the pages are maintained.  They can then be a source for
translations.

Speaking of translations, it should be no problem for translated manpages
packages (such as manpages-fr) to include section 1 manpages, even if they
are not included in man-pages but only in the proper source packages from
the GNU project.

> Michael, are you sure you can't find mainteners for these man pages?

What about you?

Regards,

	Joey

-- 
Reading is a lost art nowadays.  -- Michael Weber