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Date:      Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:44:18 +0200
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        webmaster@FreeBSD.org, brooks@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org, doceng@FreeBSD.org, www@FreeBSD.org, gabor@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: putting our graphs onto the website
Message-ID:  <20070424054417.GA22361@abigail.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070424.101842.21878413.hrs@allbsd.org>
References:  <20070422103926.GA976@gothic.blackend.org> <20070423174421.GE40814@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20070423183352.GB1060@gothic.blackend.org> <20070424.101842.21878413.hrs@allbsd.org>

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On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:18:42AM +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote:
> Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> wrote
>   in <20070423183352.GB1060@gothic.blackend.org>:
>=20
> bl> On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 12:44:21PM -0500, Brooks Davis wrote:
> bl> >
> bl> > Given that docproj includes TeX it's dependency list, complaining a=
bout
> bl> > the weight of graphviz seems silly.
> bl>
> bl> The fact something is already heavy is not a reason to make it heavie=
r.
> bl> It's like telling that since the water is polluted we can add more
> bl> pollution.
>=20
>  Hmm, I agree with not making the port heavier.  The docproj's TeX
>  dependency is one of what we want to remove, and keeping it small is
>  always our goal.  graphviz is a powerful tool, but it needs X IIRC
>  (docproj has a no X11 option).
>=20
>  How about putting statically-generated graphs or pic graphs like ones
>  in doc/share/images/articles/releng for the moment?  The
>  mentor-mentee graph is not so complex, so it is not impossible, I
>  think.  Adding the graphs looks great to me, but it does not always
>  require the graphviz.
>

Things like pst-tree (part of the current docproj set) can be used
for this sort of dynamic graphs.

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Marc

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