From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: makeinfo 4.7 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:48:16 +0300 Message-ID: References: <200608261711.k7QHBUS15318@f7.net> <85lkpaywjk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85irkd3j86.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85mz9psrvk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156931423 24452 80.91.229.2 (30 Aug 2006 09:50:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:50:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: karl@freefriends.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 30 11:50:21 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GIMge-00038M-2B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:48:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GIMgd-0005m1-Kh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:48:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GIMgQ-0005k6-63 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:48:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GIMgO-0005gH-NZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:48:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GIMgO-0005g8-K0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:48:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GIMpk-0008MD-1A; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:58:08 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-205-199.inter.net.il [80.230.205.199]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id ENH28934 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:48:16 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: David Kastrup In-reply-to: <85mz9psrvk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:03:59 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:59099 Archived-At: > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, karl@freefriends.org > From: David Kastrup > Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:03:59 +0200 > > >> That is nothing an inexperienced user would do. > > > > There's nothing in "make info" that requires any particular > > experience, IMO. > > "make info" will not do anything in a released tarball unless you > touched the manual sources. The manual is mostly plain text, so there's no special experience required to touch that, either. For example, suppose one finds a typo or stale info. > >> > On top of that, a large number of users who aren't developers are > >> > using the CVS code, where you must have Texinfo to produce the > >> > manual. > >> > >> Again, this is nothing an inexperienced user would do. > > > > I think you should check your facts. It is no longer true that only > > hackers use the CVS code. > > Inexperienced users use CVS code somebody else compiled. I don't think this is true. I'd be willing to change my mind if presented with statistics, though.