Jeff King wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 02:00:55PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote: > > > > > > It's not too hard to install an updated gem, but not quite as nice > > > > > as using the system package (it also makes things weird for > > > > > building the stable Debian package itself, which would want to > > > > > rely only on other packages; but of course any proposed change to > > > > > the doc toolchain would be for new versions, and would not get > > > > > backported there anyway). > > > > Doing `gem install` solves the problem for whomever wants to build the > > latest git in Debian stable. > > > > Building Debian stable packages is something else. > > Perhaps I wasn't clear with the "but of course" part of my statement. It > was meant to rebut the earlier half of the parenthetical. I.e., drawing > that same distinction as "we don't have to worry about packaging Debian > stable here". Ah, I undesrstood wrong there, it seems we are in agreement. Semicolons in English are similar to semicolons in computer languages: when I read ($a; $b), $a needs to stand on its own. If $b is really important I would do ($a, but $b). But this is like splitting hairs of splitted hairs. I've seen too much discussion and too few patches, I'll send the mockup I did a few days ago to see if it sticks. Cheers. -- Felipe Contreras
