From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 10:35:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48D701065672; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:35:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (ns0.blackend.org [82.227.222.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B407F8FC12; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:35:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id mB1AZXqN030177; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:35:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id mB1AZXB5001806; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:35:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mB1AZXOx001805; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:35:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:35:33 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Gabor PALI Message-ID: <20081201103533.GC1330@gothic.blackend.org> References: <20081201080917.GA1330@gothic.blackend.org> <4933B2E8.10507@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4933B2E8.10507@FreeBSD.org> X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Sort of RFC] Ports and packages for docs X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:35:35 -0000 On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 10:48:24AM +0100, Gabor PALI wrote: > Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > I'm working since a while on ports for doc [..] and tell me if you > > like it :) > > I think generally it is a good idea to reanimate the concept > documentation packages, however last time I asked about them (May 2008, > while fixing the FAQ), I got an interesting answer [1] from Hiroki Sato: > > "The doc packages are no longer available because the past discussion > reached a consensus that generating them is a bit tricky and most of > people do not need such packages because the latest documentation is > always available on the web." > [...] But you cut the last sentence :) Yes, it was difficult to maintain them and we had no real solution to continue to provide them. It's true that the doc is available via the web, but as I said the aim is not only provide packages to the user but also modernize the doc installation and build for the releases. Now, I have a working solution that can be updated, etc. without headaches, so we may have to rethink about the current situation. -- Marc