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
next prev parent 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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