Tushar Teredesai wrote these words on 01/27/06 18:59 CST: > IMO it should be at the begining in the Package Information section.
Well, I think that the instructions that we provide, the BLFS written stuff should not be backgrounded by readers branching off to the wiki before they've even read the page. The more I think about it, the more I think it is a bad thing to have a mention of 'user notes' before the entire set of instructions. After all it is the BLFS book. Here are some random thoughts. 1. It takes the reader away from the 'real' instructions page. 2. It could sway the reader before he even has a chance to read the 'real' instructions. 3. It is distracting to have to start at one page, then move to another, then *hopefully* remember to come back to the other one. There is no *flow*. 4. There could be some configuration item or whatever on the wiki that conflicts with the BLFS instructions. So, they do the wiki stuff, then *hopefully* come back to the BLFS page, and alas, see that what they've done is now being told to do differently. 5. I could think of more, but this is probably enough. Now, can anyone provide 4 very valid, real reasons why the user notes mention should be before the BLFS instructions? Simply saying "I think so" doesn't count. Of course, your opinion counts, but not validating it with any real reason behind what you choose is not very convincing. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 19:01:00 up 125 days, 4:25, 3 users, load average: 0.53, 0.14, 0.10 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
