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In article <HANCHE.92Dec16172632@ptolemy.ams.sunysb.edu> hanche@ams.sunysb.edu (Harald Hanche-Olsen) writes:
>FTPing to prep.ai.mit.edu I find in the pub/gnu directory about 88
>packages (=programs, libraries and program collections).  This is all
>very impressive, and must represent countless hours of good work by
>innumerable volunteers.  A lot of the stuff there I already use, and
>there might be lots more that could be useful to me.  However,
>
>(setq whine-mode t)
>

[2/3 of whine deleted]

>So why isn't there a nice, clean README file there, containing a short
>little description of each package, that I can download and study at
>my leisure?  It would cost so little, and be so useful.  If each
>author of GNU software was required to provide such a description (max
>10 lines, say) then a coordinator could produce the required file in
>no time at all.
>
>(setq whine-mode nil)

Would you believe that I have already done this?  the INDEX file in
sunsite.unc.edu's mirror of prep (/pub/gnu) contains what you are looking
for. In a couple of cases, its a few decimal places behind in version
number (I wrote it a couple of months ago and haven't updated it since).

If somebody in charge likes, I can donate my list to prep as well.

jem.
ps. use hello. its the most useful utility for the novice. :)

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