Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:58:43 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: pgj@FreeBSD.org, blackend@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Sort of RFC] Ports and packages for docs Message-ID: <20081205.095843.138450898.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20081201103533.GC1330@gothic.blackend.org> References: <20081201080917.GA1330@gothic.blackend.org> <4933B2E8.10507@FreeBSD.org> <20081201103533.GC1330@gothic.blackend.org>
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----Security_Multipart(Fri_Dec__5_09_58_43_2008_346)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> wrote in <20081201103533.GC1330@gothic.blackend.org>: bl> On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 10:48:24AM +0100, Gabor PALI wrote: bl> > Marc Fonvieille wrote: bl> > > I'm working since a while on ports for doc [..] and tell me if you bl> > > like it :) bl> > bl> > I think generally it is a good idea to reanimate the concept bl> > documentation packages, however last time I asked about them (May 2008, bl> > while fixing the FAQ), I got an interesting answer [1] from Hiroki Sato: bl> > bl> > "The doc packages are no longer available because the past discussion bl> > reached a consensus that generating them is a bit tricky and most of bl> > people do not need such packages because the latest documentation is bl> > always available on the web." bl> > bl> [...] bl> bl> But you cut the last sentence :) bl> bl> Yes, it was difficult to maintain them and we had no real solution to bl> continue to provide them. It's true that the doc is available via the bl> web, but as I said the aim is not only provide packages to the user but bl> also modernize the doc installation and build for the releases. bl> Now, I have a working solution that can be updated, etc. without bl> headaches, so we may have to rethink about the current situation. Ah, I certainly wrote the reply to Gabor in May. It is true that the old packages are deprecated for the reason as I explained. However, I do not think generating doc packages itself is a bad thing. The difficulty of the old packages is that they were not from the Ports Collection. I mean they did not have any corresponding ports, so upgrading cannot be done in a straightforward way. Using ports for the doc packages can eliminate the tricky part of the old ones and make the release distribution set simple. I believe it is the right direction. -- | Hiroki SATO ----Security_Multipart(Fri_Dec__5_09_58_43_2008_346)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkk4fMMACgkQTyzT2CeTzy0oSACfSKY4+J67rOezGJC0g6y4rNME F3wAnRM0I9oR+9OyLvkQzVOfF9WfmrFm =4iIl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Fri_Dec__5_09_58_43_2008_346)----
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