Re: Done
On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 05:46:05PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > I am not sure of the packages you refer to, but the odd dozen
> > or so I chased down, the one liner was indeed inadequate.
>
> > Why is there this desire for arcana, or a gauntlet of
> > learning curves to be thrown at users as a rite of passage before
> > they can use our packages?
>
> Because the packages in question *are* arcane, and should *not* be
> installed by novice users who don't already know what they are?
>
> IOW: for some package descriptions, being cryptic an inaccessible to
> users is a feature, not a bug.
Even in such cases (and I'm not particularly convinced there's enough of
those to even consider them a pattern), it's wrong to make it cryptic.
It should follow the example of some kernel configuration options help
messages and say explicitely what to do.
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