Ralf Hein wrote: > Debian comes with a lot of documentation if one cares to install it. And, > most important, you can always use the original docs (of packages / programs) > for configuration, which is not true on any other dist i'm aware of. Most try > to solve everything their way, while debian seems to be pretty transparent > towards the original (the author's) way of configuring a package / software. > That is, if you read the author's docs you are able to configure the > software. Try this on a SuSe or Red Hat ... > >
Most of the packages I have looked into are either strictly the authors instructions or some abbreviated changelog file. There isn't a bridge between how the author set it up and how Debian would do it by their philosophy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

