[MacPorts] #56313: Please consider removing the conflict between groff and mandoc

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#56313: Please consider removing the conflict between groff and mandoc
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  Reporter:  teoric        |      Owner:  grimreaper
      Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal        |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports         |    Version:
Resolution:                |   Keywords:
      Port:  groff mandoc  |
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Comment (by janstary):

 Yes, the mandoc build system provides ways to rename its binaries to
 `mman` etc,
 to not be in a name-conflict with other `man` viewers. See also
 https://trac.macports.org/ticket/53902

 That being said, I have explicitly removed this renaming in
 https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/1183
 and declared a conflict instead. While the coexistence is possible, I
 don't think there's much demand for it.
 The typical use case for having `mandoc` installed is to view manpages
 with it, calling the obvious `man`.

 Indeed, mandoc is a manpage viewer, not a typesetter; it's also a neat
 little standalone application,
 as opposed to groff.

 I believe there's more good in (mandoc's) `man` being called `man` than
 there is in the coexistence with groff.
 That might change if people need/want to have both - for compatibility
 comparison when writing manpages, possibly?
 Currently, groff does not even have a maintainer. That gives me the
 opposite impression.

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