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Date:      Sun, 5 Mar 2000 23:45:20 +1000
From:      "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   ReadMe files
Message-ID:  <00b101bf86a9$101d3d90$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER>

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Who is responsible for the ReadMe files on the FreeBSD FTP site??
My reason for asking is a problem I had that could have easily been
avoided with a couple extra lines of explanation in a particular ReadMe.
I'm aware of a number of associates who have experienced the exact
same problem but haven't persisted in the search for answers as much
as I have. I'm certain that many of the regular questions posted to the
various mailing lists could be avoided if there was a mechanism to
provide more explicit information on potential areas of confusion, thus
reducing the number of "trivial" questions posted to the mailing lists.
The manual & the Complete FreeBSD do a very good job in  many
areas, but unfortunately there will always be issues that aren't covered
explicitly enough for newbies, and its obviously a waste of resources
for the experts to spend time answering questions that could have been
avoided had sufficient information been provided elsewhere in a readily
visible form.



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