Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:53:16 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD doc packages - docs/71153 Message-ID: <20050818175316.GB849@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20050819.021029.95818809.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <20050612170112.GT821@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20050819.021029.95818809.hrs@allbsd.org>
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--gatW/ieO32f1wygP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005.08.19 02:10:29 +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote: > Hi Simon, >=20 > "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> wrote > in <20050612170112.GT821@zaphod.nitro.dk>: >=20 > si> The doc packages have now been more or less broken for about a year > si> (yes I should have gotten around to looking at it, but...) and I have > si> yet to hear anyone mention this (other than ceri in the docs/71153). > si> > si> So, is there really a point in keeping doc packages around? I don't > si> really think they are that interesting and they in account for a large > si> part of doc/ on the FTP mirrors. >=20 > I guess few people know about the doc packages and/or most of people > read the docs online only... Indeed. I had actually planned to remove the packages some time ago, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. > Well, what do you think about removing the current doc packages and > providing ports which simply fetch and install tarballs built > in doc/$LANGCODE during a full build? > In the ports collection, periodical build check is performed > on pointyhat and they have better visibility for people, I think. I sounds like an interesting way, I'm just a bit unsure how to actually handle the upgrades / distfiles best. We currently have all the normal docs on the ftp sites, but they are not versioned at the moment. The simpler solution might be to simply let people update the prebuild doc via rsync, like Pav's "docsnap". --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --gatW/ieO32f1wygP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDBMsLh9pcDSc1mlERAv8BAJ9E2kVmub2gcuLAqtCFwAuwtX8USwCgot77 0bjXWWAacTFjV6TnNA4/AEw= =fzfe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gatW/ieO32f1wygP--
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