Bug#595237: hdfview: underdocumented
W. Martin Borgert
debacle at debian.org
Thu Sep 2 10:53:57 UTC 2010
Package: hdfview
Version: 2.6.1-1
There is
- no manual page
- no README
- no command line option, such as --help
- no online help in the package
- no example file
There is an online help, that uses a web browser and connects
to a remote site hdfgroup.org. I have some objections against
this kind of help:
- the package does not depend on a web browser
- the software might be used in an environment not
connected to the internet
- the site hdfgroup.org might be down or restructured
- a user of hdfview might not want, that hdfgroup.org
does know about them using the software (privacy!)
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