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Re: [FYI]: doc directory [was Re: [RFD]: Where to put the important README files?]
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- Subject: Re: [FYI]: doc directory [was Re: [RFD]: Where to put the important README files?]
- From: "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:34:34 -0400
- CC: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- References: <200006071636.JAA09647@cygnus.com> <20000607154305.F16163@cygnus.com> <39438E6B.55D7915D@vinschen.de>
I will adhere to this standard with the packages on CygUtils, as I
recompile/update them to become part of cygwin/latest/../extras or
whatever.
--Chuck
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> Chris Faylor wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 11:32:44AM -0500, Parker, Ron wrote:
> > >Something like:
> > >
> > >* /usr/doc/Cygwin
> > >
> > >as a base directory for our documentation. Then later we could add:
> >
> > This idea gets my vote.
>
> FYI: I followed that suggestion for the latest inetutils-1.3.2-4
> package. The inetutils-1.3.2.README can now be found in
>
> /usr/doc/Cygwin
>
> Further releases of my various ports will always use
> that directory as far as it's needed to provide a Cygwin
> specific README for installation and/or configuration.
>
> Hope, other porters will use that in future, too. Only if
> it's used by most packages, this will become a well-known
> place for users to look for READMEs.
>
> Moreover we would have a new obligatory answer:
>
> Q: I don't know how to config that new blurb package?
> A: RTF blurb.README in /usr/doc/Cygwin!
>
> Corinna