On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 12:40:47AM +0000, Guy Dalziel wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 06:23:24PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Guy Dalziel wrote: > > >My logic in this case is to try and expand on the educational nature of > > >the book. Bruce is right, of course, that we can't account for every > > >single contingency such as "compiling package x against package y and > > >then against package z in the light of a full moon", but I think it > > >might be good to at least explain why a recommendation is made. > > > > > >As developers it's easy for us to understand the logic behind the > > >recommendation to the point that it almost seems obvious, but when > > >approached with fresh eyes the logic of installing that package is > > >simply that "it was recommended to do so". Once the logic of a > > >recommendation is shown a person can then make an informed choice about > > >whether to follow that recommendation or not. > > > > > >I feel that this would add value without being too much extra work. > > > > Guy, You used to be an editor. How about sending a patch to show us what > > you mean. > > Indeed I was. Work and life got in the way of things a bit but I'm > getting back into doing things from scratch. Give me a few days to dust > off the cobwebs and I'll see what I can come up with.
We already do this in some places, e.g. xsoft/other/gimp.xml for pygtk. ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
