Robert Pluim <rpluim(a)bigfoot.com&gt; writes: > For more information and suggestions for which packages to install see > the file README.packages. Go read it before you do anything else. I > mean it. If you haven't read it, don't complain about various > functions being missing from your installation. > > --end-- > > (or is that too rude/strong/arrogant/elitist/whatever ?) It is a bit on the rude side even for a dutch guy like me. Without that last sentence it is OK. Maybe we should add some warning to INSTALL that not reading README.packages has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals.

Jan Vroonhof writes: > Robert Pluim <rpluim(a)bigfoot.com&gt; writes: > > > For more information and suggestions for which packages to install see > > the file README.packages. Go read it before you do anything else. I > > mean it. If you haven't read it, don't complain about various > > functions being missing from your installation. > > > > --end-- > > > > (or is that too rude/strong/arrogant/elitist/whatever ?) > > It is a bit on the rude side even for a dutch guy like me. Without > that last sentence it is OK. Maybe we should add some warning to > INSTALL that not reading README.packages has been shown to cause > cancer in laboratory animals. Ok, let's leave out that one then. Does anyone have any suggestions for a more polite way to express "Read it or don't moan"?