* Michael G Schwern <schwern at pobox.com> [2003-10-14 08:27]: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 10:28:29AM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote: > > * README > > Personally, I find READMEs useless duplication. Even more so now that > search.cpan.org works so well.
I'll concede that they are useless duplication if someone simply does:
perldoc -t Module.pm > README
(I actually do that, though. Maybe I'll stop now...) However, I find it
*incredibly* aggravating when I see a README that says "Module is a Perl
extension for blah blah blah". A good, simple README is invaluable,
especially for those of us who use an offline CPAN mirror most of the
time (i.e., when I don't have net access to poke search.cpan.org).
(darren)
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