Nicolas Goaziou writes:

Hello Nicolas,

>> Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes:
>
> I have some Texinfo syntax nitpicks, if you do not mind.

Nitpicks are great.

>> +re-create them if needed (see @pxref{Preparing to Use the Bootstrap
>> +Binaries}).
>
> Please remove the "see", included in @pxref.

Right.

>> +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 ..."

Better.

>> +@file{gnu/packages/commencement.scm}}.  As Gash and Gash Utils mature,
>
> Missing full stop at the end of the footnote.

Added.

>> +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.

Ah, and now I see that it's too cryptic/terse too.  How about

and GNU packages become more bootstrappable again (e.g., new releases of
GNU Sed will also ship as gzipped tarballs again, as alternative to the
non-bootstrappable @code{xz}-compression), this set of added packages
can hopefully be reduced again.

>> +If you are interested, join us on @code{#bootstrappable} on the
>> Freenode
>
> Arguably, I would use @samp, not @code.

Good.

>> +IRC network or discuss on @code{bug-mes@@gnu.org} or
>
> @code -> @email
>
>> +@code{gash-devel@@nongnu.org}.
>
> Ditto.

Sure, 2x.

Updated version attached.  Thank you!  

Greetings,
Janneke