Re: Custom undocumented(7)s are just as bad.
- To: stevegr@debian.org
- Cc: debian-policy@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Custom undocumented(7)s are just as bad.
- From: Daniel Barclay <dsb@smart.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 01:25:22 -0500
- Message-id: <E12MPo2-0005kd-00@dsb.smart.net>
- In-reply-to: <20000129221818.B27270@molehole> (message from Steve Greenland on Sat, 29 Jan 2000 22:18:18 -0600)
- References: <8766x82xpz.fsf@dsp.net> <14456.25212.108228.592293@pick.sel.cam.ac.uk> <87so070ykk.fsf@dsp.net> <20000118084743.B288@debian.org> <20000120025731.B3271@resonant.org> <87oga5u5cm.fsf@glaurung.green-gryphon.com> <84ya99jykg.fsf@snoopy.apana.org.au> <20000129093354.L30262@frederick.itri.loyola.edu> <20000129105404.V579@willamette.edu> <20000129145729.M30262@frederick.itri.loyola.edu> <20000129221818.B27270@molehole>
> From: Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>
> 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).
Yes, please! With many packages, when you install them, you have no
known starting point for finding out what capabilities (commands,
daemons, etc.) you just installed, or what to do to configure them.
Daniel
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