[Bug 227859] net/nncp docs do not build

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227859

--- Comment #9 from Sergey Matveev <stargrave at stargrave.org> ---
(In reply to p5B2E9A8F from comment #8)

* info is not a standard in FreeBSD, man is. This is FreeBSD project
  decision exclusively, but I obviously see that man pages could not be
  replacement for info, at least because they lack links support and
  searching through the whole NNCP-related documentation. It means
  degradation of documentation's functionality/abilities. So if I would
  create man pages, then I forced to support two formats simultaneously:
  info for search/links capabilities (and HTML version for the website),
  man for satisfying FreeBSD's wishes. Here I do not agree with
  FreeBSD's decision. I am not some kind of GNU-fan, actually I really
  like BSD-world in nearly all cases, except for man-pages instead of
  info
* HTML requires web-browser to be viewed on. It gives ability to link
  documents together, but still no ability to search, for example, for
  some word/term through the whole NNCP-related documentation. It is still
  not superiour comparing to info. Moreover FreeBSD does not have even
  lynx installed by default -- so you are anyway forced to install an
  additional software to the base system for viewing either HTML or
  info. But! Info can be viewed with more/less/cat/vi -- of course
  without search/links-following capabilities, but at least it would be
  perfectly readable
* I understand and agreed that ideally man-pages should also be
  created, because man is installed by default and it is standard in
  FreeBSD. But it requires too much time I can afford for supporting
  them up. If there will be some kind of texi2man producing good man
  pages output, then I will do it. But I do not know such utilities. So
  I am forced to do double work. I think that this is acceptable to
  provide not so perfect .info (because info-viewer is not installed in
  FreeBSD by default, but installed in GNU OSes as a rule), that anyway
  can be viewed with more/cat/etc, for saving huge quantity of time
  spent on rewriting documentation simultaneously on man-pages
* I still do not understand who HTML documentation could be included in
  version 2. Either I miss something, or you are mistaken. Port patch
  from 2.0 to 3.0 is:
https://reviews.freebsd.org/file/data/pb2p4qzrkaae5marbypv/PHID-FILE-732x4z3zsne7yevyduzb/file
  I see nothing related to HTML-files installation that was thrown out.
  As I remember -- there was no HTML installation at all

So, shortly:

* there were no HTML docs in version 2 of the port. Maybe I miss something
* HTML instead of info -- no. Info is superiour. Both of those formats
  require additional software installation. HTML additionally to info --
  makes no sense, as both requires additional software. Info could be
  viewed with more/cat/etc, so even without additional software
* man-pages additionally to info -- would be nice, but requires writing
  documentation twice, in two different formats. Can not afford due to time

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