From: mdw@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) Subject: Re: Fonts not compressed, oopps Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1993 23:15:02 GMT
In article <1993Feb21.043446.22236@random.ccs.northeastern.edu> mirons@ccs.northeastern.edu writes:
> The README that sits on tsx-11.mit.edu says they are allready
>compressed. As this is the README that people will be installing from
>the package is wrong. Linux has enough problems with library
>compatability, etc. without having to get to the install README by
>installing the package.
[...]
> A package with multipule, and conflicting README/install instructions
> is poor programming, and unfortunatly very typical of linux (as a
>whole system) these days.
I think you're forgetting the position of Linux and free software in general
(which includes Xfre86 1.2).
Linux is a hacker's operating system. If you're not a hacker, and are unable
to figure out that the fonts need to be compressed (either by reading ALL
of the available documentation, as you didn't do--- or by reading this
newsgroup or figuring it out yourself) then prehaps you're not ready for
Linux.
No one has given you any guarantee that any of the software used under
Linux will work as is. In fact, the GPL directly states that there is no
such guarantee.
The Linux Doc Project is trying to make up for this situation. However,
at present, you're going to actually have to figure some things out
for yourself instead of expecting everyone to spell it out for you.
mdw
-- Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu "What are you doing, Dave?"