Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:31:04 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 pavenis AT lanet DOT lv wrote:

> > IMHO, the only file that might be a good idea to have in DOS CRLF
> > format is the DJGPP-specific README.  It is the only file that a naive
> > user should be able to read with the most basic (read: stock DOS)
> > tools, such as the TYPE command.
> 
> In all latest archives of DJGPP port of gcc-2.95.X I only  .BAT files 
> (there is only one in gcc295Xs.zip) were in CR LF format.
> All other files (including DJGPP related readme files) were in Unix text 
> format. I didn't saw any objections about this. There are not so much 
> programs which are not able to display such files (like Notapad.exe)

That's why I said ``might be a good idea'' above.

> PS. Perhaps I should have changed this if somebody objected ...

If we could be sure people actually read those README files, we all would 
have been happier people ;-)

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