On Sun, Mar 14, 1999 at 07:32:59PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > Well, maybe I should READ those package descriptions :) I should make this the offical motto of the Debian X packages. I don't know how I am supposed to "support" XFree86 if people won't read: 1) the Debian release notes 2) the Debian package descriptions 3) anything in /usr/doc/* with the string "README" in the filename 4) anything in /usr/doc/* with the string "FAQ" in the filename 5) a prompt in the xbase postinst that says: The xbase package is obsolete and may be removed (with "dpkg --remove xbase"). If you are upgrading from Debian 2.0 or earlier, you should read the usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian file. Read this file now? (y/n) [y] There is NO WAY this message did not appear at the time the xbase package was upgraded. I sometimes wonder why I bother writing any documentation at all. People will just ignore it and then chime in with profound insights like "THIS----------------------------------SUCKS!!!!!!!!" when anything changes. I have tried very hard to get the Debian XFree86 packages into a state where they reliably meet two goals: 1) they help out the user who doesn't know X inside and out 2) they stay out of the way of the user who knows exactly what he's doing Needless to say, they are far from perfect in achieving these ends, but if you have an argument that the X packages as they were a year ago when I took over maintainership were better at doing the above than they are now, I'd like to hear it. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | If encryption is outlawed, only outlaws branden@ecn.purdue.edu | will @goH7OjBd7*dnfk=<q4fDj]Kz?. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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