Re: [MacPerl] installing libraries in mac perl

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 14:33 -0500 1999.10.20, Matthew Langford wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Chris Nandor wrote:
>
>> >>I do not like, at all, the idea of changing docs.  A note at the top
>>of the
>> >>docs is the only change I would ever make to the README.  I think anything
>> >>else is bad form.
>> >
>> >I don't see the need to distribute any totally irrelevant stuff.
>>
>> Right.  Good thing there is nothing totally irrelevant in the distribution.
>> :)  I say that with a smile, but I do really mean it.
>
>How exactly is the section on compiling perl relevant to MacPerl?  Sure,
>you've got a disclaimer, but that doesn't magically make it relevant.

Well, lots of ways.  People who use MacPerl often use MacPerl to work with
Unix perl, and want all the docs there.  Some people want to port their own
MacPerl, or compile their own, and want to get a feel for the process.
Some people may just want to see the original docs for their own curiosity.
Some people may want to look to see if the README has changed from what
they have installed on Unix and what they are running on their Mac.  I
dunno, other people might be able to think of other ways it can be relevant
to MacPerl.

I am not saying it is very relevant.  I am saying it is not totally
irrelevant.  I think "totally irrelevant" to MacPerl would be a fondue
recipe, not instructions for building perl on Unix.  I was simply
interpreting the words Bart used as best as I could, and found that no docs
distributed with MacPerl could be said to be totally irrelevant to MacPerl,
as I understand those words.

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