On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Josip Rodin wrote: <SNIP some "don't include" tips>
Thanks. Makes a lot of sense. > > INSTALL > > If it's generic, don't include it. If it explains only stuff about compiling > from source, don't include it either. Thanks. It's out. > > NEWS > > If it's like other NEWS files I've seen, this is fine. If there's no > upstream changelog, use this as it. This is a changelog, but there is also a "ChangeLog" file, probably automatically generated because it doesn't have very much info in it. In fact, it doesn't have version numbers in it either. I suppose I should I throw out the ChangeLog file and rather use NEWS...? (Or try asking the upstream author to merge the two?) > > README > > Usually fine... depends on the contents sometimes. > > > TODO > > Ditto. I think the TODO may be useful, for users to see what isn't there yet, or what can be expected in the future. > > as well as a debian/TODO file. > > Is this getting installed in the binary package? Yes, dh_installdocs does this. I think I'll probably take it out though, I should rather just do the stuff than create a list... ;) Thanks, Hugo van der Merwe
