From:	Serge Golovin <res AT marstu DOT mari DOT su>
Message-Id:	<199610070829.MAA10622@marstu.mari.su>
Subject:	Re: readme.1st file included in distribution?
To:	fighteer AT cs DOT com
Date:	Mon, 7 Oct 1996 12:28:59 +0400 (MSD)
Cc:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<3255BA4B.5A20@cs.com> from "John M. Aldrich" at Oct 4, 96 06:30:51 pm
MIME-Version:	1.0

Hello! 

John M. Aldrich wrote:
> 
> Serge Golovin wrote:
> > Therefore this file _must_ exist outside of any archives.
> 
> Of course!  I never meant to suggest otherwise.  :)  However, since it
> also contains much information about setting up and using DJGPP, it is
> as valuable after you have downloaded as before.
Since you get readme.1st - you have it. Downloading needed packages you
cant delete readme.1st which you have got before right? :-)

> Perhaps in each of the dj***201.zip packages, so there's no chance of
> missing it.  Actually, the best thing to do would be to put it in
> _every_ package, including the /v2gnu packages.  After all, everybody
> expects to find a README file in everything they download, right?
Sure. But README file must contain information about contents of package and
nothing more (IMHO) and there are info files in every package which are
playing role of READMEs. File readme.1st tells about DJGPP in common and
doesnt fit for explaining everything about every package - readme1st is just
_first_ inforamtion. However if people get confused with absence of README
there is nothing easier but provide little README which tells how to run
info and how to get readme.1st. But is there need for this? (DJ?)

bye
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With best regards,
Serge Golovin          AKA  RES

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