Warning during installation of ns-2.34 on fedora-11

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 22:10 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 05/10/2010 09:02 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 11:32 +0000, g wrote:
> >   
> >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 11:23 +0530, ravinder nath rajotiya wrote:
> >>>       
> >>>> I am fresher for ns-2.34 installation. 
> >>>>         
> >>> What is ns-2.34? Don't assume everyone has the same set of packages that
> >>> you do, or that people will automatically know what you're referring to
> >>> except in the commonest cases.
> >>>       
> >>
> >> ns, network simulator, is also know as "Ns Allinone".
> >>
> >> linux journal had a review a few years back;
> >>
> >>    http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5929?page=0,1
> >>     
> > Thanks. I could of course have found that for myself, but my point is
> > that people asking questions should have a little more consideration for
> > their readers. The exchange isn't just a private conversation between a
> > questioner and those who have answers, but may interest other readers
> > who didn't know they were interested until they saw it. A little context
> > goes a long way to helping them decide.
> >
> >
> >   
> Nahhh....   If I have to work/search to find out what someone may be
> talking about I've already decided to be uninterested.  :-)

That's exactly my point.

poc