Re: [Fink-devel] documentation wishlist

2003-01-27 Thread Alexander Hansen
I kind of thought that, too. Probably the user's guide, at the end of the bindist section, would be best. If the question comes up enough, a one-liner in the FAQ pointing at the relevant section of the UG would probably be adequate. On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 11:29, David R. Morrison wrote: > I'm not

Re: [Fink-devel] documentation wishlist

2003-01-27 Thread David R. Morrison
I'm not sure where it should go. It's the sort of thing which we'd like a user to see when he or she is just starting. So perhaps it belongs in the user's guide? Or maybe we need a short document "Getting Started with Fink" or something like that... Well, it could go into the FAQ but the FAQ is

Re: [Fink-devel] documentation wishlist

2003-01-27 Thread Alexander Hansen
I can do it. Should it go in the FAQ (as a preemptive strike) or elsewhere? On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 10:07, David R. Morrison wrote: > Here's something which I wish we were documenting properly. > > Briefly, there are a handful of packages which exist in the stable tree, > but which we do not dist

[Fink-devel] documentation wishlist

2003-01-27 Thread David R. Morrison
Here's something which I wish we were documenting properly. Briefly, there are a handful of packages which exist in the stable tree, but which we do not distribute in binary form for licensing reasons. A current list of these can be found in the CVS module "scripts", at scripts/bindist/excludes.