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Date:      Tue, 11 May 1999 12:52:32 +0100
From:      nclayton@lehman.com
To:        Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org, jesusr@ncsa.es, chris@calldei.com, doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't build handbook
Message-ID:  <19990511125232.V14492@lehman.com>
In-Reply-To: <199905110906.CAA29030@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami on Tue, May 11, 1999 at 02:06:20AM -0700
References:  <19990508141141.A20366@holly.dyndns.org> <XFMail.990508212539.jesusr@ncsa.es> <19990508231333.45191@panke.de.freebsd.org> <19990510111306.I14492@lehman.com> <199905110749.AAA28713@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <19990511095232.N14492@lehman.com> <199905110906.CAA29030@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>

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On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 02:06:20AM -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
>  * /usr/opt?  Ugh.
>  * 
>  * OK, that's not the most coherent of criticisms, but I don't particularly
>  * like it.
> 
> And I don't like /usr/doc.  So now what?  (I at least gave a reason
> why I don't like it.)

Yeah, it's "too confusing".  Not to me, but then I'm probably not the most
unbiased observer around :-)

>  * Apart from anything else, I don't think we should be hardcoding paths in
>  * these trees at all.  The DOC_PREFIX kludge is only there until the doc/
> 
> That's probably the best way.  Don't hardcode it anywhere so people
> can put it wherever they want.

Agreed 100%.  

N
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