Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 13:07:18 +0000 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: reg@FreeBSD.org, grog@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/doc/psd/02.implement Makefile Message-ID: <20020522130718.66cbfaf1.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <41921.1022063919@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> References: <20020521150132.40953b73.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <41921.1022063919@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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On Wed, 22 May 2002 12:38:39 +0200
Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 21 May 2002 15:01:32 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote:
>
> > Perhaps, David would be the best person to ask on this notion. If,
> > in the long run, its easier to just convert all doc to a standard
> > format such as docbook, and move it all to one location, perhaps
> > we could. This is something that needs discussed more though, in
> > my opinion...
>
> Note that converting to docbook isn't a requirement for removing them
> from the src tree. These documents could be moved to a port that has
> all the right dependencies for creating ASCII, PS, PDF etc packages.
>
> Sysinstall could be taught to install the ASCII package by default.
>
> In this way, you'd have the files removed from the src tree, which
> seems to be a goal of some people. But they'd still appear on every
> new box, would still exist on every old box, and wouldn't require any
> translation.
>
> Ciao,
> Sheldon.
>
Hmmmmm. This is, in fact, a good idea. But i'm afraid of getting
shot for suggesting such things as remove doc from build, remove
games from build, etc. It would perhaps make me into an example
of a ``heretic'' ;)
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