Linux man-pages project maintenance [LWN.net]
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From: Alejandro Colomar <alx-AT-kernel.org>

Hi all,

As you know, I’ve been maintaining the Linux man-pages project for the last 4 years as a voluntary. I’ve been doing it in my free time, and no company has sponsored that work at all. At the moment, I cannot sustain this work economically any more, and will temporarily and indefinitely stop working on this project. If any company has interests in the future of the project, I’d welcome an offer to sponsor my work here; if so, please let me know.

Have a lovely day! Alex

  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
    2·
    2 months ago

    You do realize that man pages don’t live on the internet?

    What part of my reply is this an answer to? I know we have our man pages offline. But the website here is online and they use Google as a search machine. My critique is using Google and not providing an alternative search machine setup.

    • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      61·
      2 months ago

      I mean that the product made in here is not the website and I can well understand that the developer has no interest of spending time for it as it’s not beneficial to the actual project he’s been working with. And I can also understand that he doesn’t want to receive donations from individuals as that would bring in even more work to manage which is time spent off the project. A single sponsor with clearly agreed boundaries is far more simple to manage.

      • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
        3·
        2 months ago

        I see, it was a reply to me why he isn’t accepting donations from individuals. The given reason here makes sense.