README vs installed documentation

db iamsudo at gmail.com
Sun Feb 12 11:09:47 UTC 2017


Thanks for the reference. I think this snippet could be mentioned under `4.7.3. Install Docs and Examples` in the guide, where there's already a placeholder header.

On 11 Feb 2017, at 23:19, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:

> 
> On Feb 11, 2017, at 13:15, db wrote:
> 
>> Sometimes the README files from tarballs is better (re completeness/clarity) than the installed documentation. Is there any way to include them by default?
> 
> If a project's build system does not automatically install the readme and other documentation files, portfile authors should make the portfile install them, following this recipe:
> 
> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/PortfileRecipes#doc
> 
> 



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