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Date:      Sun, 23 May 2010 18:15:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Cc:        Jurgen Weber <jurgen@ish.com.au>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au>
Subject:   Re: portmaster cannot find package
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005231813100.1849@qbhto.arg>
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On Fri, 21 May 2010, Eitan Adler wrote:

>> Thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely consider that for the next
>> version. I already have problems with the documentation being long and
>> detailed, whether it is too much of either is sort of in the eye of the
>> beholder. :)
>
> Detailed documentation is almost never a problem....

It is when it becomes so long and/or complex that no one reads it. If 
you look in the current man page there is a "quick start" reference that 
was added because a couple of FreeBSD committers complained that they 
didn't have time to read the man page thoroughly in order to get started 
with it quickly.

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