Re: (man|info) pages and --help

[Jim Meyering]

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>> According to Pádraig Brady on 9/18/2009 8:21 AM:
>>> I'd vote for removing the translation help line unconditionally
>>
>> Hmm.  The GNU Coding Standards don't mention the translation bug report
>> line, but the gettext manual recommends including it for any program with
>> i18n output.  After all, translation bugs really are better directed to
>> the language team that had the translation issue, rather than the
>> developer that can't even understand the language in question.
>
> Hmm, I wary about adding too much text.
>
> Perhaps we should leave things as they are.
> If someone is looking for more info than is given in --help
> they'll look at the man page from which they'll be directed
> to the texinfo docs.
>
>> I can, however, agree that the translation line does not add much in the C
>> locale, and probably not in en_ locales.
>
> Note currently the translation line is not added in the C locale
> (and hence is not in the default man pages).

I confess that I am not quite sure that removing the translation
line is a good move.

What do you think about suppressing it also for en* locales
instead of removing it altogether?

An alternative: don't emit it into --help, but do insert it
into the man page.