Bug#1084158: closed by Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha at canonical.com> (Re: Bug#1084158: gnome-snapshot: man page for snapshot is missing)

[Boud Roukema]

hi Jeremy, all,

> gnome-snapshot does not accept any arguments nor does it have any
> configuration files. Therefore, there is nothing to document with a
> manpage.

On the contrary, apart from the usual minimal information required in Debian,
a description of the buttons' meanings and the expected behaviour
would be useful so that the user doesn't have to guess.

> I am closing this bug since we will not provide a manpage that isn't useful.

You don't have to provide an upstream man page if you don't wish to,
but the Debian policy is clear:

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#manual-pages

"Do not close the bug report until a proper man page is available."

"Even though the GNU Project do not in general consider the lack of a
man page to be a bug, we do; if they tell you that they don’t consider
it a bug you should leave the bug in our bug tracking system open
anyway."

Cheers
Boud