[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Cleanup of files of the root dir

[Mike Kaufman <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 05:40:58PM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 09:06:12AM -0700, Paul Zastoupil wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 04:28:04PM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > > 
> > > If nobody objects I will do the following:
> > >  mv README.* doc
> > >  mv INSTALL.debian doc
> > >  mv HOWTOPLAY doc
> > >  mv TODO doc
> > >  mv freeciv_hackers_guide.txt doc/hackers_guide.txt
> > >  rm AUTHORS
> > >  mv PEOPLE AUTHORS
> > 
> > Don't most projects have a PEOPLE file?
> 
> I have found around 25 AUTHORS files on a quick scan on my
> harddisk. And no PEOPLE file. It also looks like AUTHORS is created by
> glade.
> 
> > (This will break the website btw).
> 
> Shouldn't be hard to fix ;)

well then, let me weigh in against an AUTHORS file. I agree with Paul.
PEOPLE is more inclusive. Whether or not other projects have it is to me
immaterial.

-mike

> 
> > I don't really feel like an "Author" but I also feel I belong in the
> > project credits.
> > 
> > > I would also like to move build.debian away. A new "scripts" dir? 
> > > Where also "civ" and "ser" can go?
> > 
> > Hmmm.  Its nice to be able to run civ and ser right from the root (I
> > never install freeciv).  But I guess I could get used to that.
> 
> You and Mike against it. I have no strong opinion.
> 
>       Raimar
> 
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