Subject: Re: [1.8.0] reorganize the mess that the source tree has become

From: Pascal Obry <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:01:53 +0100

Le 02/02/2011 09:31, Erik Faye-Lund a écrit :
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:29 AM, George Spelvin <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> If there's a compelling reason to change, could someone please describe it?
> 
> I think the most compelling argument I can think of is that it makes
> top-level entries like Documentation, RelNotes, COPYING, README and
> INSTALL easier to spot when doing "ls". For some users (first-time
> hackers etc) that's a pretty big plus, I'd think.

I was about to say that too. That's an argument strong enough I would
say. Today it is hard to see the structure.

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