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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
Cc: "Timothy Sample" <samplet@ngyro.com>,
	"Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>,
	39655@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#39655] [PATCH core-updates] doc: Add 'Scheme-only Bootstrap' node.
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 00:05:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878shqtdyf.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eerid8sp.fsf@gnu.org> (Jan Nieuwenhuizen's message of "Sun, 17 May 2020 14:51:02 +0200")

Hello,

Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> writes:

> Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes:

I have some Texinfo syntax nitpicks, if you do not mind.

> +re-create them if needed (see @pxref{Preparing to Use the Bootstrap
> +Binaries}).

Please remove the "see", included in @pxref.

> +Building the GNU System from source is currently only possibly by adding
> +some historical GNU packages as intermediate steps@footnote{Packages
> +such as @code{gcc-2.95.3}, @code{binutils-2.14}, @code{glibc-2.2.5},
> +@code{gzip-1.2.4}, @code{tar-1.22}, and some others for details see

Suggestion: "and some others.  For details, see ..."

> +@file{gnu/packages/commencement.scm}}.  As Gash and Gash Utils mature,

Missing full stop at the end of the footnote.

> +and GNU packages become more bootstrappable again (e.g., new releases of
> +GNU Sed will also ship in @code{tar.gz} format), this set of added
> +packages can hopefully be reduced again.

@code{tar.gz} seems odd there.

Suggestion: @file{.tar.gz} if this is about the suggestion, or
``tar.gz'', or "as compressed tar files".

If none is satisfying, @samp{tar.gz} is still better than @code{tar.gz},
IMO.

> +If you are interested, join us on @code{#bootstrappable} on the
> Freenode

Arguably, I would use @samp, not @code.

> +IRC network or discuss on @code{bug-mes@@gnu.org} or

@code -> @email

> +@code{gash-devel@@nongnu.org}.

Ditto.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou




  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-17 22:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-18 12:44 [bug#39655] [PATCH core-updates] doc: Add 'Scheme-only Bootstrap' node Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2020-02-19 15:58 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-17 12:43   ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2020-05-17 12:51     ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2020-05-17 22:05       ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2020-05-18  5:27         ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2020-05-18  6:57           ` Efraim Flashner
2020-05-18  7:37             ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2020-05-18  7:37           ` Nicolas Goaziou
2020-05-18  7:50             ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2020-05-18 17:53     ` Timothy Sample
2020-05-22 14:20       ` bug#39655: " Jan Nieuwenhuizen

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