OK - Revised patch attached, reasoning below. Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Stefan Kangas >> >> I would guess that the reason why there is no reference is that most >> GNU/Linux distributions do not distribute this Info manual, or at least >> they don'tt by default or with commonly installed packages. Debian GNU/Linux includes it, in the gnu-standards package, which includes both GNU standards and information for Maintainers, available in Info, HTML, PDF. File list of package gnu-standards: /usr/share/doc-base/gnu-standards.gnu-coding-standards /usr/share/doc-base/gnu-standards.gnu-maintainers-information /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/changelog.gz /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/copyright /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/maintain.dvi.gz /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/maintain.html /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/maintain.pdf.gz /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/maintain.text.gz /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/standards.dvi.gz /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/standards.html /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/standards.pdf.gz /usr/share/doc/gnu-standards/standards.text.gz /usr/share/info/maintain.info.gz /usr/share/info/standards.info.gz AFAICT, other Debian derivatives such as Ubuntu have the same package. The upstream GNU package is gnustandards https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gnustandards Guix also includes gnustandards, which like other Guix packages can be installed on top of any other GNU/Linux distribution. >> >> It's also never available as a printed manual, AFAIK. >> >> I have no opinion on adding such a reference now. Eli, WDYT? > > We have there a reference to the manual in HTML, isn't that enough? IMHO we should try to have GNU documentation available locally, encourage access locally, not just over the web, for the sake of user freedom. There are also practical considerations, such as users on laptops travelling without a network connection. > In any case, having a URL and then a cross-reference to the Info > manuals in the next sentence sounds strange to me. At the very least, > we should have there text saying that the manual can be either read > on-line in HTML format (with the URL), or locally in Info (with a Info > reference), to explain why we have both. I accept that, and attach a revised patch with the changes made. Any further work please let me know.