RE: Ghostscript packaging for X11, non-X11 versions

["John Morrison" <john dot r dot morrison at ntlworld dot com>]

> Nicholas Wourms
> Dario Alcocer wrote:
> >Well, my personal preference has always been to include whatever
> >documentation a package has, whether it be man pages or supplementary
> >HTML documentation.  I figure if space is really an issue for a
> >particular user, they can delete the documentation if they wish.
> >
> >As a maintainer, I'd rather provide the user with the complete package.
> >If the original software includes documentation, then in my opinion
> >the package I produce won't be complete unless I include the original
> >documentation.
> >
> >In my opinion, distributing software without documentation is like
> >selling hardware without manuals.  Sure, you can *still* use it, but
> >it's really a pain to download the documentation if you'd like explore
> >additional features or configurations.
> >
> AMEN!
> 
> This is how it should be, none of this "pruning" crap or leaving out the 
> extras...  And, of course, there's no such thing as "too much" 
> documentation.
> :-)

Please - did I *ever* suggest "pruning" or leaving out extras - NO!

Actually - there can be such a thing as too much documentation - there
rarely is, of course, but there can be to much with too much detail
for novices to use.  Hense "XYZ for Dummies"...

J.
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