I demand that Henning Makholm may or may not have written... [snip] > There is a fairly widespread convention of putting compilation instructions > in an INSTALL file, but there is no similarly widespread convention for > putting information about, say, "you'll need these libraries",
ISTM that INSTALL is the proper place for this, or at least for the detailed version. > "here is what this program can be used for" README. Or at least that's where I'd put it. > or "here is how tarball users should report bugs" in other files than > README. README isn't unreasonable, but I see that there is some usage of BUGS for this. A few packages differ here, using different names: groff-base (BUG-REPORT) and apsfilter (HOWTO-BUGREPORTS). [snip] -- | Darren Salt | nr. Ashington, | linux (or ds) at | sarge, | Northumberland | youmustbejoking | RISC OS | Toon Army | demon co uk Say NO to UK ID cards | http://www.no2id.net/ Everything should be transparent to the user. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]