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How is this "rapidly decaying third-party documentation" in any way that man isn't?
by Semiapies 7y ago
How is this "rapidly decaying third-party documentation" in any way that man isn't?
- glckr 7y agoman is universally known in the industry, and supported (to some extent, at least) by project authors/maintainers; this project will be forgotten by almost everyone (and start decaying) as soon as this post is off the front page here.
- skybrian 7y agoThey're often used, but I suspect most people who read them don't know how to write or even modify a man page. (What format is it?) Also, Stack Overflow probably gets more traffic. Whether documentation gets read or not probably depends on its Google ranking more than anything.
- kick 7y agoThis is the second time it's been on the front page, and the last time was years ago. Doesn't seem to be decaying. Actually, it seems to be improving.
- tyrust 7y agoman pages are first-party, are they not?
- Semiapies 7y agoDocumentation by the makers of a program would be first-party. Something definitely can't be both first-party and community.