[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#484998: Bug#484998: suggestion for README.Debian

Michael Schmitt mschmitt at unixkiste.org
Sun Jun 8 14:56:46 UTC 2008


Hi Michael ;)

Am Sonntag, den 08.06.2008, 14:33 +0200 schrieb Michael Meskes:
> > yesterday I tried to switch from NAT to a bridged setup with virtualbox
> > but due to lack of imho proper documentation it was fairly confusing.
> > ...
> 
> Could you please tell us why this should make it into README.Debian and
> not onto http://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox? And also where
> http://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox lacks? Finally how about adding the
> lacking infos to the wiki?

I think everyone installing virtualbox-ose on debian will have the
README.Debian and the other documents provided with the package but not
necessarily net access. And of course, if it helps others to implement
what they want I see NO reason not to include it in the package itself
as Debian is user friendly, isn't it? I don't like the idea that if
there is lack of documentation IN Debian, users tend to search for
informations in mostly outdated wikis, cook-books and howtos. That just
increases annoyance without helping much. If the documentation is
provided with the package itself, the user can almost be 100% sure the
solution / documentation fits for his current Debian release.
If you feel unhappy with bloating README.Debian too much, another
document like README.bridge-setup or example-bridge-setup would benefit
users who want to use a bridged setup without bloating the absolut
necessary and minimum README.Debian.

> Michael
dito :)






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