Re: Custom undocumented(7)s are just as bad.
> From: Michael Stone <mstone@itri.loyola.edu>
> 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?
Regardless of generic stuff, Debian versions also need some kind of
README.Debian file to describe what Debian-specific changes were made
to the package (so you know what doesn't work according to the upstream
manual pages, README files, or other documentation).
Daniel
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