Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:02:53 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Sort of RFC] Ports and packages for docs Message-ID: <4933EE8D.4020001@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081201080917.GA1330@gothic.blackend.org> References: <20081201080917.GA1330@gothic.blackend.org>
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Marc Fonvieille wrote: > Hello, > > Currently, it's difficult for the average user to update his docs. > Most of time, the docs are installed during OS install time and are > never updated. > Another problem is the fact the doc build requires a lot of diskspace > and a lot of time on slow architectures/CPUs/etc which is a problem > during release process. > > To sum up, we're lacking of a simple way to install and update docs > without any compilation operation. > I'm working since a while on ports for doc, so here are the first > packages available for test: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/pkgs/bn-freebsd-doc-20081130.tbz > http://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/pkgs/da-freebsd-doc-20081130.tbz > http://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/pkgs/de-freebsd-doc-20081130.tbz > http://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/pkgs/el-freebsd-doc-20081130.tbz > <SNIP> > So just: > > pkg_add -r http://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/pkgs/en-freebsd-doc-20081130.tbz > > and tell me if you like it :) > > This is actually a nice idea - in fact it would be great for the Greek documentation set, which is constantly changing as more translations are added. I just tried the el package and it works great. I could even include this in some custom package cd sets I am giving out to people. Having local docs is very important for people without always-on Internet (and I know quite a few) Since as you said you have a way of automating this, my only other question would be how often will these be updated. Are you planning, say, for monthly releases?
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