Ticket #10822 (closed defect: wontfix)
BUG: Don't gzip man pages
| Reported by: | macports@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Low | Milestone: | |
| Component: | base | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | macports@… | |
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Description
It's inconsistent with the OS and confounds some software, all for a few megabytes.
Change History
comment:2 Changed 7 years ago by markd@…
- Cc macports@… added
- Summary changed from Don't gzip man pages to BUG: Don't gzip man pages
comment:3 Changed 7 years ago by macports@…
The most important to me is Spotlight, which is limited to one importer per file type.
comment:4 Changed 6 years ago by pipping@…
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to wontfix
comment:5 Changed 6 years ago by pipping@…
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Resolution wontfix deleted
- Milestone set to Needs developer review
comment:6 Changed 6 years ago by jmpp@…
- Status changed from reopened to new
- Owner changed from darwinports-bugs@… to macports-dev@…
comment:7 Changed 6 years ago by pipping@…
i fail to see why one'd use spotlight for manpages. especially since no one opens manpages from anything other than a terminal.
comment:8 Changed 6 years ago by jmpp@…
- Milestone changed from Needs developer review to MacPorts base bugs
Milestone Needs developer review deleted
comment:9 follow-up: ↓ 12 Changed 6 years ago by nox@…
- Priority changed from Nice to have to Low
- Resolution set to invalid
- Version 1.3.2 deleted
- Type changed from enhancement to defect
- Status changed from new to closed
From what I can read from other developers, we will continue to gzip manpages.
comment:10 Changed 6 years ago by nox@…
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Resolution invalid deleted
comment:11 Changed 6 years ago by nox@…
- Status changed from reopened to closed
- Resolution set to wontfix
comment:12 in reply to: ↑ 9 Changed 5 years ago by macports@…
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Resolution wontfix deleted
Replying to pipping@macports.org:
i fail to see why one'd use spotlight for manpages. especially since no one opens manpages from anything other than a terminal.
- man -K is slow and blocks on input for every. single. matching. file.
- source:/trunk/dports/aqua/ManOpen/Portfile
comment:13 Changed 5 years ago by raimue@…
- Status changed from reopened to closed
- Resolution set to wontfix
FYI: As of Leopard also Apple ships gzipped man pages.
a) If you really need a fast full text search for man pages (e.g index based), go to the man people and ask there.
b) From ManOpen's description: "it will display the output from the `man' command-line program." man can read gzipped man pages, so would ManOpen, right? I can't test as it does not build for me.
I don't want to start a reopen/close war by closing this again, but we are not going to change anything.
comment:14 Changed 4 years ago by toby@…
- Milestone changed from MacPorts base bugs to MacPorts Future
Milestone MacPorts base bugs deleted
What software does it "confound" ?