Messages in this thread |  | | From | (James M. Cassidy) | Subject | Re: more make help | Date | Sat, 15 Jun 96 17:47:19 EDT |
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> > I think this message highlights a problem that we are going to face > more and more frequently as more people upgrade to 2.0 > > Ethen, documentation for the make problem and the ps -aux problem > ALREADY exists. It's in the directory, > usr/src/linux/Documentation. Obviously, you and many other didn't > see/read the file named Changes, which explains all the problems people > may have when they upgrade. > > So, what can be done to make it clearer for people that they need to > read this file? Ethen, what specifically would have made it clearer to > you where this information was?
I don't know about Ethen but here's a few things that cause me not to read it.
Maybe a message in 'make config' that said the new kernel could break old programs and I should read Changes to see what those programs are. Most distributions I get the Changes files contains a bunch of details I usually don't care about so I don't bother to read it. I always read the READMEs tho. That be another good place to put it is a README in the top directory of the tar file.
Also I took a look in the Documentation directory too but when I was looking through the list I was just looking for READMEs not 'Changes'.
> > Should the file be named something else? Is "Changes" too obscure? > Should it be in the top level directory? > > Seriously, Ethan, what would have tipped you off to look at the file? > Did you look in the Documentation directory? > > Perhaps the file "Changes" should be renamed to "READTHISFIRST"? > > Any ideas people? > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Mark E. Levitt > Department of Speech Communication, Syracuse University > E-mail: melevitt@syr.edu > Home Page: http://web.syr.edu/~melevitt > > PGP fingerprint = B8 A3 AA A6 0F 83 9A BE F2 7A 19 F9 15 79 FE A4 > Public key available from http://web.syr.edu/~melevitt/pgpkey.html > ____________________________________________________________________ > > > >
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