On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 12:19:11AM +0300, Martin Fluch wrote: > MMX 233) I had a look at debian/README.source-depends (can anybody tell > me, why README files are called README? :-), installed the missing
Well, the name "readme" is a command, telling you to read whatever 'me' is. That part isn't so bad. As for the capitalization, due to the capitals coming before lowercase in most lexicographical sorting orders, one gets important files listed near the beginning of the directory listing. Of course, after seeing thousands of packages, all with a README file, not many people are going to make their own package with a different name, say ReadMe, or readME, etc -- since no one looks for those files. :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
