Re: [PATCH 3/5] nmbug-status: Add an nmbug-status(5) man page

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+Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> writes:\r
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+> On Wed, 30 Dec 2015, "W. Trevor King" <wking@tremily.us> wrote:\r
+>> To describe the config file format, so folks don't have to dig through\r
+>> NEWS or the nmbug-status source to get that information.\r
+>\r
+> Overall I approve of the series (though I did not do a thorough\r
+> review).\r
+>\r
+> I am wondering about the man page though. I find it slightly confusing\r
+> there would be a man page named after the tool describing just the\r
+> config, but not the tool itself.\r
+\r
+For me it's a bit odd to have a man page for a tool we don't install by\r
+default. Is it maybe time to "promote" nmbug-status to the notmuch-\r
+namespace and install it by default? That would have to be somehow tied\r
+to installing the python bindings; or else the script could just print a\r
+helpful error message if the bindings are not found.\r
+\r
+This would also allow addressing Tomi's comment about testing, by adding\r
+a couple of tests to the test suite.\r
+\r
+d\r