Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 10:25:32 +0100 From: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Replace gnu groff in base by heirloom doctools Message-ID: <FFF76229-A6C3-4966-A781-5E9AF4477E9B@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20150514092407.GD11201@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> References: <20150514000211.GA9410@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <2915B2EB-DE58-451B-801B-92EB7CBCAA43@FreeBSD.org> <20150514085948.GC11201@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20A766BD-1AE4-44B2-B508-CD2E96B5DD65@FreeBSD.org> <20150514092407.GD11201@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
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On 14 May 2015, at 10:24, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:13:18AM +0100, David Chisnall wrote: >> On 14 May 2015, at 09:59, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> = wrote: >>>=20 >>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 09:55:19AM +0100, David Chisnall wrote: >>>> On 14 May 2015, at 01:02, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> = wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>> - it is partially CDDL partially BSD license. >>>>=20 >>>> We currently have a WITHOUT_CDDL knob that some people use. If we = don=E2=80=99t build the CDDL parts, what will break? >>>>=20 >>> Exactly the same thing that breaks right now WITHOUT_GNU and/or = WITHOUT_CXX aka >>> you won't have the main part of the toolchain (aka troff/nroff) >>=20 >> But man pages will still work via mandoc? WITHOUT_GNU is known not = to work (though we=E2=80=99re trying to address that with 11). = WITHOUT_CDDL is generally expected to give a working system currently. >=20 > Yes since I switched the default manpage renderer to mandoc(1) :) = (meaning that > WITHOUT_GNU is also not blocking manpage rendering) Sounds good to me. Probably warrants a release notes entry specifically = documenting that change, but otherwise sounds like a big improvement! David
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