Paste number 9508: any objection to the following addition to the packaging docs?

Paste number 9508: any objection to the following addition to the packaging docs?
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diff -u -r1.66 packaging.en.xml
--- packaging.en.xml    23 Jun 2005 20:16:35 -0000      1.66
+++ packaging.en.xml    29 Jun 2005 19:41:46 -0000
@@ -1216,12 +1216,26 @@
 <title>Compilers</title>
 <shorttitle>Compilers</shorttitle>
 
+<preface>
+<p>
+Fink uses the gcc family of compilers, as provided by Apple computer
+through the Apple Developer Connection. Different versions of gcc exist,
+and usually more than one is available on a Mac OS X system.
+</p><p>
+This section explains some of the ways Fink deals with these different versions
+of gcc. An email to the Fink mailing list has <link 
+url="http://www.mail-archive.com/fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg11877.html"
+>more explanation</link>.
+</p>
+</preface>
+
 <section name="versions"><title>Compiler Versions</title>
-<p>Fink uses the gcc family of compilers, as provided by Apple computer
-through the Apple Developer Connection.  As these compilers have evolved,
+<p>
+As GCC has evolved,
 there have been different fink "distributions" to cope with the changes.
-</p><p>
-Each distribution has had certain default values for the gcc and g++
+</p>
+<p>
+Each Fink distribution has had certain default values for the gcc and g++
 compilers, which any user compiling from source is expected to have
 installed.  You can expect that direct calls to "gcc" and "g++" from
 within your package will use these default values.  If you need to use

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