Twas said by " Michael Nottebrock" and my ignorance encourages me to join the dialogue >x > > Many people manage to install FreeBSD and KDE along with it just fine with > the > existing documentation. > > And on the other hand, long-time experience with various flavours of Unix, > packaging systems and building or even software development can very > easily > be counterproductive when it comes to learning yet another way of doing > things (or reading/finding the right pieces of documenation), because old > habits, wrong assumptions and different concepts get in the way.
Exactly -- you have made my point for me " > old habits, wrong assumptions and different concepts get in the way" That is exactly why a straight forward Readme file in a "To achieve this": "Do this and then that" format is needed.Everyone is human and the human condition means: > old habits, wrong assumptions and different concepts get in the way" I would argue that Readme files can play a role towards dispell7ng the difficulties which arise from a condition which is to be anticipated. David > > -- > ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org > \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org David Southwell Ham call sign M0TAU ****Remove nospamme_ from reply to ****** 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May bound for Europe via Panama Canal. _______________________________________________ kde-freebsd mailing list [email protected] http://freebsd.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-freebsd
