From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7947 invoked by uid 1002); 11 Jun 2003 10:10:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 8387 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2003 10:10:57 -0000 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:10:56 -0400 From: Michael Cummings To: MooktaKiNG Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20030611061056.B1052@datanode.net> References: <3EE5EA76.7090805@komcept.com><34221.10.0.0.1.1055259612.squirrel@mook <20030611115214.4b3e2552.svyatogor@gentoo.org> <1109.10.0.0.1.1055327822.squirrel@mooktaking.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1109.10.0.0.1.1055327822.squirrel@mooktaking.homeip.net>; from Mooktakim@hotmail.com on Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 11:37:02AM +0100 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Readme files for portage (was: A nice idea to improve portage) X-Archives-Salt: 18c259b6-ef42-426f-9d8e-19835ec6a004 X-Archives-Hash: 3754a12a22cc6119dc6407f83788919d On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 11:37:02AM +0100, MooktaKiNG wrote: > Another good reason to have a README is becuase sometimes people > want to know more about a program. Without having to install it. > > If they can learn about the program before they install. They are > more aware of how hard/easy the installtion is. I thought that was one of the reasons the source URL shows up in a search. It's how I've always checked to see what a package does. README files, imo, are great in theory but put additional maintenance strain on a dev. Just my two euros, Mike -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list