Date:	Sun, 16 May 1999 13:47:32 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: DSM/scripting spec, version 0.1
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On Sat, 15 May 1999, Richard Dawe wrote:

> How many packages are really going to require scripts anyhow?

It depends on how zippo is going to work.  Almost every package, at
least those from GNU, needs you to run install-info.  If this is part
of the scripts feature, then many packages will need it.

> Maybe it would be better to provide a README file to be displayed
> after installation?

Our bitter experience is that READMEs don't solve problems for too
many people.  How many people would dismiss the README without reading
it?  Half? 80%? wanna bet? ;-)

Btw, I think it's generally a good idea to display README *before* the
installation.  There are several cases where users need to make some
decisions or prepare some infrastructure before they unzip.  Perhaps
this (i.e. whether the README is displayed before or after the
installation) should be a part of the script specification; and maybe
we need to allow for two parts of README, to be displayed bafore and
after.

I wonder who would actually go to the length of using all those fine
features? ;-)

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