Lynn wrote:
> I've been told that its a "it's a file repository not a
> library of howtos"
> Well, no duh!
No need to be so sarcastic. It *is* a file repository, and generally speaking, people who go looking for files in there have been referred from the forums.
> Can you imagine how much bandwidth is wasted by people
> drilling down into each folder and opening every readme in
> hopes of finding some clue as to what the files are for?
At 633 bytes, very little.
> When one simple text file somewhere in the root with a short
> description would prevent all that?
Easier said than done. Half of the directories there are hosted for other people who do *not* have write access to the FTP repository. The other half are "developmental" RPMs from Mitel staff which change so continuously that maintaining the README to keep what you'd like in there would be a complete waste of time.
Like I said, people who go looking in the contrib directory have generally been referred to there by a message in one of the forums, or they already know exactly what they're looking for.
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