On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 09:50:09AM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:23:02PM -0500, Greg Norris wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:49:04AM +0000, W. Borgert wrote: > > > The README should be removed, as it is absolutely redundant, > > > apart from the word "filter" :-) > > > > True, but it's an expected (and harmless) component from the upstream > > release. I'll give it some thought, but I'm leaning toward keeping > > the beastie. > > There is/was a long discussion about upstream README files on > debian-devel. The problem with README files in Debian binary
I don't see a link to the discussion.
> packages is, that users expect - and should expect - important
> information in it. Btw. most packages do not come with a README
> on my system (~1900 packages, only ~870 README{,.gz} files).
A random selection of sourceforge projects would probably show that in general
the content of README, BUGS, AUTHOR, etc., is meaningless (since most haven't
been filled in).
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