Jan Kratochvil wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:11:23 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > >> On 02/15/2011 03:59 PM, Jan Kratochvil wrote: >> >>> Wrote the draft proposal for it: >>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/HtmlDocs >>> >> Comments from my part: >> >> 1. texinfos need special preparation to be able to convert them to html. >> This applies to many cases, but does not apply in general. >> > > OK, I believe a machine-generated HTML is good enough as the first step. > Possible specific problems can be fixed up as normal Bugs later. > > > >> 2. html is just one amongst many formats texinfos can be (if the >> texinfos have been prepared for) converted to. >> > > Some list of formats is given on the Wiki page. > > > >> I don't see any reason to give html preference over one of the other >> formats. It's some people's preference, but definitely not all (e.g. I >> prefer pdf). >> > > I prefer INFO over all the other ones. But I remember I was using HTML before > I got used to the only provided INFO. When a separate -doc subpackage is > provided I believe providing all the tree of INFO, HTML and PDF is not > a problem (HTML as I dislike PDF over the other paging-free formats). > > > >> 3. Many of these html docs are available on-line - Adding local copies >> to Fedora only adds bloat to the distro >> > > As we face it on freenode#gdb channel the online versions do not match the > local copies. And I do not want to be dependent on network with notebook. > > > >> 4. The GNU standards's officical documentation format is info. >> > > Yes, just Fedora is not GNU. > > > Thanks, > Jan > -- > packaging mailing list > packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging > Another concern, for those of us with several X-less machines, is that HTML isn't as easy to work with as info or man in a terminal. Why switch from info to html, why not provide both? -J -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
