"Marc" == Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Marc> I am not too fond of that idea since it replicates
Marc> information which might cause it going inconsistent in case
Marc> of changes.
Hi Marc,
I understand the concern, and I did spend considerable time trying to
write a patch that minimized replication of information. But, yes,
there a tiny bit of replication.
The added text refers to information that would either be unlikely to
change (the use of dc_use_split_config, conf.d/main, and
exim4.conf.localmacros) or is directly related to SMTP-AUTH (the
AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS macro, which is actually not
described in any other README file).
Marc> Additionally, people _need_ to read the docs, and I do not
Marc> like the idea of imposing additional work and error
Marc> possibilities on the maintainer for the sake of supporting
Marc> people too lazy to read documentation.
Agreed that people need to read the docs, but IMHO in the exim4 docs
it seems that the odds are stacked against users a bit. In the current
set up we are expecting users to read and understand many details
about the package (e.g. TLS for a server, the various daemons,
benefits about split/unsplit configs etc.) before they get to a
description about customizing the already installed set up (the
relevant text is in the paragraph on line 266 of the 617 line file, or
about 40% into the file). Developers care about all this 'other'
stuff, users typically do not.
Also, please note that for all my other failings I am *not* a lazy
Debian user. I did read the docs and found the experience painful, and
I even took the trouble to suggest a patch for my wishlist bug ;-)
If you don't believe there is a real problem you are welcome to tag
this wonfix (I certainly would not be offended). If you think the
documentation could be improved (e.g. changes to
README.Debian.gz instead) I volunteer to help. I can write......
Cheers!
Shyamal
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