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From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: [2.1-stable] No def. of GZIPCMD in .../share/doc/usd/1[02].*/Makefile
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On Tue, 26 Sep 1995, Michael Smith wrote:

> Satoshi Asami stands accused of saying:
> > 
> >  * Maybe it (the stable list) should be mentioned in the FAQ then?-)
> >  * 
> >  * garm>grep -i stable /usr/src/share/FAQ/Text/mailing-list.FAQ 
> > 
> > Well, these "Text" files should go, nobody is maintaining them.  I
> > don't know why they are still there. :<
> 
> GRRR! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.   I can't count the number of times I've
> pointed people at these files and had their questions answered.  If you
> can't maintain them, generate them automatically, but under no circumstances
> should anyone think that these files or their updated equivalents are 
> expendable...

Wouldn't dream of it!  However, /usr/src/share/FAQ *will* disappear in a 
day or so.  I sent a death announcement to hackers earlier this week.  
2.1 will have the FAQ and FreeBSD Handbook installed in 
/usr/share/doc/(FAQ|handbook) in ascii and HTML.  A make world in 
-current does that already. 

-john

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