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Re: [ID 20000316.011] perldoc INSTALL

From:
Tom Christiansen
Date:
March 23, 2000 08:10
Subject:
Re: [ID 20000316.011] perldoc INSTALL
Message ID:
27447.953827835@chthon
>I don't have a specific proposal here, but I think the INSTALL file is
>fine as is.  This is a pod2man problem.  Readers of INSTALL should not
>have to wade through non-plain pod markup just to decipher exactly what to
>type and what not to type to build and install perl.  The INSTALL file
>ought to be readable, as is, by someone who has never touched perl or pod
>before.

Then perhaps there should be an INSTALL.ascii and an INSTALL.pod, no?

--tom

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