On 30-Jan-00, 08:53 (CST), Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 10:18:18PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: > > I'd much rather have useful info in README.Debian: this is what you need > > to do to finish configuring (if necessary), here's a one-liner for each > > major binary of the package, here's what to read to find out more (info > > pages, man pages, web site, whatever). > > As opposed to a man page for the binary that could be contributed back > upstream to be useful on systems besides debian?
If I'm only going to get one or the other, yes. It was based on the "we need man pages for each and every binary in the package so that people can figure out what the package does" reasoning -- for that purpose, I think a single file with brief description would be more useful than 20 man pages. And if you call it "README.First" instead of "README.Debian", then you can still contribute it back upstream, because the content would be useful to any. Well, perhaps not the "finish configuring" part, because that's specific to the Debian package. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
