Bug 25401

Summary:	monitor-edid missing manpages/usage instructions
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Pat Riehecky <jcpunk>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	All Packagers <pkg-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	pterjan, shlomif
Version:	8
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://gitweb.mageia.org/software/monitor-edid/about/
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	monitor-edid-3.2-2.mga7	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Pat Riehecky 2019-09-03 17:59:08 CEST

Description of problem:
monitor-edid drops a number of items into s/bin.  It would be helpful if they included some manpages or a limited usage guide.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):3.2


How reproducible: 100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Look for manpages/usage guide on deployed 'binaries'
usr/sbin/monitor-probe-using-X
usr/sbin/monitor-probe
usr/sbin/monitor-edid
usr/bin/monitor-parse-edid

Comment 1 Lewis Smith 2019-09-03 21:24:25 CEST

The package provides 6 binaries:
 /usr/bin/monitor-parse-edid
 /usr/sbin/monitor-edid
 /usr/sbin/monitor-get-edid
 /usr/sbin/monitor-get-edid-using-vbe
 /usr/sbin/monitor-probe
 /usr/sbin/monitor-probe-using-X
none of which have man pages. This is not unusual for obscure software. From the package info:
"Monitor-edid is a tool for probing and parsing Extended display identification data (EDID) from monitors.
For more information about EDID, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDID"

/usr/share/doc/monitor-edid/NEWS | README give no helpful information.

Trying all the commands with no parameters showed mostly nothing useful; with an arbitrary -h parameter (help!) showed a usage line, with all the parameters cryptic. I have seen this before with obtuse software, it is not just this package. You need to be expert in its field to be able to use it.

monitor-edid has no maintainer, so assigning globally; CC'ing 2 packagers who have at least seen this thing before.
Realistically, any documentation is unlikely.

CC: (none) => pterjan, shlomif
Severity: minor => enhancement
Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs

Comment 2 Aurelien Oudelet 2021-07-06 13:16:13 CEST

Mageia 7 is EOL since July 1st 2021.
There will not have any further bugfix for this release.

You are encouraged to upgrade to Mageia 8 as soon as possible.

@reporter, if this bug still apply with Mageia 8, please let us know it.

@packager, if you work on the Mageia 7 version of your package, please check the Mageia 8 package if issue is also present. In this case, please fix the Mageia 8 version instead.

This bug report will be closed OLD if there is no further notice within 1st September 2021.

Pat Riehecky 2021-07-06 15:13:58 CEST

Version: 7 => 8