Randall, please don't post here

[Harold L Hunt II]

Keith,

I mentioned that I had updated the man page, but not the XFree86-man 
package.

This thread has been resolved to my satisfaction: people flew off the 
handle, people appologized, it is all over now.

Please let this be the last message in this thread.

Harold

Keith D. Tyler wrote:

>For the record, I checked my copy. It didn't have any mention of -rootless. 
>That doesn't mean that someone has or hasnt thought to add such a section to it.
>Instead of flogging an obvious novice (lars) who couldn't find the option, which
>is partially understandable as it wasn't documented, I thought perhaps that
>reflection on the current-ness of the packaged documentation would be more
>productive and positive than vented impatience.
>
>Granted, as Russell pointed out to me, it is preferred that people search the
>archives before pestering the discussion list, and I agree with that philosophy in
>theory and practice, but not everyone gets it. (Including my boss.) On the other
>hand, it seems one could argue that we would never need man pages in the Internet
>age, as everyone who needs to know how to use something can just search through the
>archives of the mailing list dedicated to that program. I'm not sure that's the
>best method of disseminating documentation, though.
>
>As for me, I'll be sure to be more specific in the future.
>
>Regards,
>
>Kdt
>
>Christopher Faylor was recently quoted as saying...
>  
>
>>I'm not sure what you are pleading for but I don't see why asking people
>>to contribute is a terrible thing on any list.  And, pointing out that
>>it is ludicrous to ask hundreds of people (i.e., the people on this
>>mailing list) to check on something like "Is it in the man page yet"
>>when one could easily check this on their on system is not something
>>that even a (shudder) "newbie" should have problems with.
>>    
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