> Wouldn't it thus be simpler and more convenient > for 1st times like myself if the guide download were > simply the already created html pages which appear > online.
Frankly, hardly anyone does that. Most people refer to the guide on-line. I've used mod_perl for years, referred to the guide frequently, and never downloaded it. If you have to work over a slow link I can understand why you might want a local copy, but a quick wget command can mirror it all for you pretty easilly. People usually only download the CPAN package if they're planning to do some hacking on it. Mentioning the module dependency in the text next to the download link is probably a good idea, and offering a .tgz of all the generated HTML files as well as the PDF, but I think you may be the first to request such a thing. > It's hard enough to install mod_perl itself. Why > add an extra burden for the manual also. There is plenty of documentation on building and working with mod_perl included in the standard mod_perl package. The guide is in addition to that documentation. - Perrin
