Re: Randall, please don't post here

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

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.
> >