Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 23:57:25 +0200 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing 'changes' section from the online edition Message-ID: <CAF6rxgnCLTMcNGNC6Yw7pSOQjRhuXCvqo%2BOGzRNPMKjWBHWXrg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51AA31C7.4010202@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAF6rxgmionFt8Z7mrN0_JciThfyL4AMXcChRHWX1m%2BDE51FYLQ@mail.gmail.com> <51AA31C7.4010202@FreeBSD.org>
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On 1 June 2013 19:39, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Em 01-06-2013 18:26, Eitan Adler escreveu:
>
>> The Preface has a few sections 'Changes from the ____ Edition' which
>> enumerate changes made between print editions of the book. I would
>> like to drop them from the online edition as they offer little value
>> and are right at the start of the handbook ('prime real estate').
>>
>> They can be retained in the print edition where they offer a little more
>> value.
>>
>> Does anyone see a reason to keep them in the online version?
>
> No objection from me, I just want to bring it up again that handling these
> with a single-source solution would be nice, i.e. using DocBook profiling.
> It would also facilitate merges. This basically consists of adding
> edition="print" to the affected section of preface and then setting up
> profiling. (I can do it, just ping me if there is consensus on this).
I agree. Profiling is a much better solution than a fork for our use cases.
--
Eitan Adler
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