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Re: README-Users.m4 > README.txt



>> ship files.  I don't think (in this case) I'd be all that happy about
>> having all ASCII files use DOS EOL conventions.
>
>I'd say that all must-be-readable-from-DOS/Win files have DOS EOLs. This would
>include READMEs, and e.g. dselect and cfdisk manpages. We _do_ ask first-time
>users to read those, after all. Other ASCII files (like HTML files) can just
>keep their UX EOLs. 

Yes but you didn't seem to comprehend my earlier postings about
auto-EOL conversion which occurs on ftp servers and http servers.

If this is CD-specific then it should be handled by debian-cd, as it
currently is.

Reiterating the same arguments over and over isn't going to convince
me...

.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>


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