On 22 November 2010 17:04, Jonathan Robie <jonathan.ro...@redhat.com> wrote: > By the time someone reads this README, they have already extracted the > archive. I think what we really want to do is tell them to set it to the > place they have extracted it to. > > Perhaps /path/to instead of /home/me? > > I actually prefer 0.8 instead of <version>. I don't think we have ever had > two consecutive versions where these instructions worked without change, > someone has to review them each time anyway. If there's a fixed release > number, it makes it that much more obvious that we need to do this.
I still think using a placeholder, either <install-directory> or even another environment variable, would be clearer. Also, I think we should aim for documentation that works now, but with the intention that it does *NOT* need changed every release and will, rather, continue working... Andrew. -- -- andrew d kennedy ? edinburgh : +44 7941 197 134 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation Project: http://qpid.apache.org Use/Interact: mailto:dev-subscr...@qpid.apache.org
