Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:53:49 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Makoto MATSUSHITA <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [RFC] RELNOTESng for 5-CURRENT Message-ID: <20010426005349.838AA3E2A@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <200104251658.f3PGwe220619@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on "Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:58:40 -0700"
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"Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > If memory serves me right, Makoto MATSUSHITA wrote: > > > takhus> Perhaps the *.TXT files could be periodically regenerated to their > > takhus> current location to 1) avoid a POLA violation and 2) allow for at > > takhus> least some RELNOTES without needing DocBook and doc/ (even if they > > takhus> may be slightly out of date). > > [snip] > > Umm, no, it's not just like the current doc distribution. If you build > a release with NODOC=YES, you don't get any rendition of the FAQ, > Handbook, etc. There's no *.TXT files to fall back on. > > Here's my thoughts...for the record, I'm weakly opposed to regen-ing > *.TXT versions: First, I don't want to bloat the repository with oodles > of builds to the *.TXT files. If we do this, it ought to be be fairly > infrequently, like maybe once or twice a month. > > [ snip other good reasons not to regen and commit TXT files ] I agree completely. On a slightly related note, do you object, or have plans to, build the release notes with the web site? It would solve this problem very nicely. I understand that relnotes will be in src/, so this would have to be an optional part of the build, but at least having them built on www.freebsd.org would suffice. Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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