Re: [E-devel] README files.

2011-12-09 Thread Michael Blumenkrantz
On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:39:06 +1000 David Seikel wrote: > On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:03:39 -0500 Michael Blumenkrantz > wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:54:17 +0100 > > Vincent Torri wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Michael Blumenkrantz > > > wrote: > > > > My exact words were "l

Re: [E-devel] README files.

2011-12-09 Thread David Seikel
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:03:39 -0500 Michael Blumenkrantz wrote: > On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:54:17 +0100 > Vincent Torri wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Michael Blumenkrantz > > wrote: > > > My exact words were "lay off" the nagging, not stop. Please avoid > > > misrepresenting a person'

Re: [E-devel] README files.

2011-12-09 Thread Michael Blumenkrantz
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:54:17 +0100 Vincent Torri wrote: > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Michael Blumenkrantz > wrote: > > My exact words were "lay off" the nagging, not stop. Please avoid > > misrepresenting a person's attitudes and opinions. > > In my dictionnary "english to french" (Harrap's

Re: [E-devel] README files.

2011-12-09 Thread Vincent Torri
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Michael Blumenkrantz wrote: > My exact words were "lay off" the nagging, not stop. Please avoid > misrepresenting a person's attitudes and opinions. In my dictionnary "english to french" (Harrap's, 1994), lay off == stop... Vincent ---

Re: [E-devel] README files.

2011-12-09 Thread Michael Blumenkrantz
On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:19:46 +0200 Tom Hacohen wrote: > On 09/12/11 17:52, Vincent Torri wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Tom Hacohen wrote: > >> On 09/12/11 10:28, Vincent Torri wrote: > >> > >> I'm sorry if I offended you in any way. > > you are reluctant to modify NEWS while it's s

Re: [E-devel] README files.

2011-12-09 Thread Tom Hacohen
On 09/12/11 17:52, Vincent Torri wrote: > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Tom Hacohen wrote: >> On 09/12/11 10:28, Vincent Torri wrote: >> >> I'm sorry if I offended you in any way. > you are reluctant to modify NEWS while it's such a small modification. > Michael is just telling he is fed up wit

Re: [E-devel] README files.

2011-12-09 Thread Tom Hacohen
On 09/12/11 03:52, David Seikel wrote: > While on the subject of basic source documentation for the masses - > > Is it really that hard to put at the top of a README file basic details > of what any given project actually IS? Half the time when I'm trying to > figure out what some random E projec

Re: [E-devel] README files.

2011-12-09 Thread Tom Hacohen
On 09/12/11 10:28, Vincent Torri wrote: > some people are considering themselves as coders only and dont want to > do slave and bothering stuff like filling correctly README or NEWS or > ChangeLog, or doing administrative tasks. They prefer others doing > that job because they have a high opinion

Re: [E-devel] README files.

2011-12-09 Thread Vincent Torri
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:52 AM, David Seikel wrote: > While on the subject of basic source documentation for the masses - > > Is it really that hard to put at the top of a README file basic details > of what any given project actually IS?  Half the time when I'm trying to > figure out what some ra

[E-devel] README files.

2011-12-08 Thread David Seikel
While on the subject of basic source documentation for the masses - Is it really that hard to put at the top of a README file basic details of what any given project actually IS? Half the time when I'm trying to figure out what some random E project I've not paid attention to in the past actually