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From: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [1.8.0] reorganize the mess that the source tree has become
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:31:17 +0100
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On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:29 AM, George Spelvin <linux@horizon.com> wrote:
> If there's a compelling reason to change, could someone please describe it?

I think the most compelling argument I can think of is that it makes
top-level entries like Documentation, RelNotes, COPYING, README and
INSTALL easier to spot when doing "ls". For some users (first-time
hackers etc) that's a pretty big plus, I'd think.