Subject: Re: wu-ftpd documentation complaints

From: [email-masked] (Stan Barber)
Date: 19 Apr 1996 17:40:27 GMT

Andy Ellsworth <[email-masked]> writes:
>On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Serge Bezzubov wrote:
>
>> I think developers of the wu-ftpd should pay more attention to its
>> documentation. I'm sure that the most questions about ftpd configuration
>> are caused by impossibility to find a comprehensive answer in the manual. 
>
>[snip]
>
>Forgive me, but I have to jump in and defend some people here.  
...
Thanks for your support!
...
>Your claims about lack of documentation are valid; but then, that's why 
>we have things like FAQs and mailing lists.  

I continue to recommend the O'Reilly book on "Managing Internet Information
Services" as the coverage of wu-ftpd in it is pretty complete.

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From: "Mike Ellwood, CCLRC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, GB" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 19:13:56 +0100 (BST)

> Services" as the coverage of wu-ftpd in it is pretty complete.

Funnily enough, I found it a bit disappointing.
I didn't think it told me anything I hadn't discovered from the
existing docs.  Somehow I was expecting great insights from it.
Perhaps I was expecting too much.

However, I second the vote of support for both the original author
and the current maintainer. 
Bravo!

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