On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 01:15:51PM +0930, Ash Narayanan wrote: > > I can't seem to find any up to date guides. Are there any? Or is one > allowed to upload a package to Debian without any instructions on how > to use it?
Unfortunately, yes. OTOH, if you installed a chess playing program, would you expect it to teach you how to play? If you brought a tractor, would you expect instructions on how to grow corn? In the past I have struck some software which has very good documentation; a bit too good -- separating the wheat from the chaff has mean't having a good knowledge about the subject area BEFORE expecting to understand the software. I have also struck software where it seems as if everything is just dumped on your HDD and you are expected to "sort it out" yourself. :( IOW, it is not unusual to have to scour the Internet figuring out what to do with it once it is installed. You may have to look elsewhere for information regarding the subject area which the software encompasses. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130816130831.GA16074@tal
