Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 17 Jun 1996 01:09:47 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mark E. Levitt" <> | Subject | Re: more make help |
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On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Kevin M Bealer wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Graham Mitchell wrote: > > > On 15 Jun 96 at 10:28, Mark E. Levitt wrote: > (clip) > > Maybe we should alter the Makefile so that the compile would fail > > unless the last line of the Changes file is something along the lines > > of 'I have read and understood the contents of the changes file' Then > > again, would even that make people read the file.....?
Please watch your quoting. You clipped out everything I wrote but left in the reference so it looks, at a glance, like I wrote the above paragraph. I didn't, and I don't agree with it. > > I said "oh a changelog file" and started reading it. When I got through all > the warnings about system compatibility, I was --surprised-- to find there > was no changes listed at the bottom.. Then I realized I was mistaken, > read-not-skimmed the intro, and continued.
Yes, I suspect this is problem. Is there any reason not to change the file to something more indicative, or at least to "README"? Hoe about "UPGRADING_INFO"? "UPGRADING_HELP" "IMPORTANT"? "READ_THIS_OR_WE'LL_SHOOT_YOUR_PUPPY"? (This last one is a joke, for the humor impaired :)
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