Bug#152845: debootstrap example

[Geert Stappers <Geert.Stappers@xs4all.nl>]

At 17:56 +0200 7/15/02, Matt Kraai wrote:
>On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 07:08:12PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
>> At 17:13 +0200 7/13/02, Matt Kraai wrote:
>> >If desired, I'll document this in the manual.  I'd rather remove
>> >them entirely, however.  Why would the user want to rebuild the
>> >tarball?
>> >
>>
>> Leave it to the user to decide if he wants to rebuild the tarball.
>> It is good the tell that the tool debootstrap exists and how to use it.
>>
>> Please document it in the manual.
>> Moving it to the Technical Info Chapter is IMHO an improvement.
>
>I'm not sure that this information is useful for anyone, which
>is why I'm hesitant to have it in the manual.  Keeping useless
>information makes it harder to find the useful information.

I agree on the "useless informations hides useful information"

The Techinacal Info Chapter
 http://www.nl.debian.org/releases/woody/powerpc/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html
is IMHO useful information.

>
>Thus, I'd like to hear a reason why the user would want to
>rebuild the tarball before I commit to keeping it documented
>herein.

The user is not here to give a valid reason why to rebuild to tarball,
but we can provide him/her with valid information how to do it.




Geert




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