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Re: [PATCH] README: fix installation instructions


From: Mathieu Lirzin
Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: fix installation instructions
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:57:48 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux)

Hello,

Christopher Diaz Riveros <address@hidden> writes:

> Installation and building instructions point to INSTALL file, which is
> ignored in .gitignore. Given the fact that Installation and building
> process is already covered in README-dev, changing the instruction in
> README seems more reasonable than creating an INSTALL file and removing
> it from .gitignore.

referencing INSTALL from README is part of GNU Coding Standards, so
INSTALL should simply be checked in.  README-dev is for developpers not
“regular” users.  Since GNU Hello is intended as an example package it
shouldn't deviate from GCS.

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Mathieu Lirzin
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