Someday, I'm sure that I'll understand why people insist on redirecting cygwin-apps discussions to cygwin.
Anyway, I'm redirecting this back to the correct mailing list. cgf On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 09:31:30AM -0700, Dario Alcocer wrote: >On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 06:08:46AM +0100, John Morrison wrote: >> > As a maintainer, I'd rather provide the user with the complete package. >> > If the original software includes documentation, then in my opinion >> > the package I produce won't be complete unless I include the original >> > documentation. >> >> My only point is that you aren't producing *one* package. If you were >> coding two classes you _would_ factor out common code into a seperate >> base class/included/hidden/internal/.../common entity. > >Yes, good point. > >> > In my opinion, distributing software without documentation is like >> > selling hardware without manuals. Sure, you can *still* use it, but >> > it's really a pain to download the documentation if you'd like explore >> > additional features or configurations. >> >> I object to the fact that you think I suggested that you dont >> distribute the documentation - I *NEVER* suggested that you don't. > >Yes, you're quite right, my mistake. You did say put the documentation >in a separate package, not leave it out. > >> Sometimes it's nice to be able to download the documentation without >> having to install the software then you can check it does x, y, z >> without having to clutter your harddrive. > >That may be so, but what's more likely is that a casual new user will >only install the minimum required, and then ask simple questions that >would be answered by 5 minutes of reading the documentation. I say this >because this scenario plays itself out constantly on this list :-) >Making the documentation not "optional" hopefully will prod them into >reading before demanding answers on the list ;-) > >> At the end of the day - it was just a suggestion to *help* you >> factor out commonality. Sorry you disliked it so. > >That's OK, no need to say sorry, I really didn't dislike the suggestion >at all, I was just trying to explain my rationale. I think I've got a >few more years before I become another BOFH :-) ... > >Thanks for the input. > >-- >Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.helixdigital.com > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
