post about doc-base

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+# Long live to doc-base
+
+[Runa wonders: «Why aren't we using
+doc-base?»](http://www.indentedlines.net/2008/03/01/why-arent-we-using-doc-base/).
+It's indeed a good question.
+
+In the past I've pushed for using doc-base in several places, including
+obviously packages of mine, but also recently generating by default [[debpkg
+doc-base]] entries from OCaml libraries using debpkg ocamldoc, and finally also
+more than 100 doc-base entries shipped by [[debpkg w3-recs]] alone for the
+contained W3C recommendations.
+
+doc-base is based on a good idea, i.e. annotating the doc we ship with metadata
+so that it can be more easily browsed, and is (potentially) far better than
+asking our users to dig into `/usr/share/doc/foo`. Still, it is sadly true that
+in Debian is way underused.
+
+My best bet at the *reason* is that in the past the tools floating around
+doc-base were sucky. However, in 2007 some of them has dramatically improved
+their quality, with the noteworthy example of [[debpkg dhelp]] which has been
+rewritten from scratch in Ruby by Esteban Manchado Velázquez closing tens and
+tens of bugs.
+
+My *exhortation*: please, maintainers, go back and consider (again, if needed)
+to register your documentation with doc-base, it is helpful and it does work.
+
+The next (needed) step for the doc-base world domination will be decoupling its
+*classification hierarchy* from that of the Debian menu system, keeping the 2
+bound is nonsense.
+
+[[tag lang/english planet/debian debian]]