From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: bug#24099: A policy on how to choose the installed documentation formats. Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:21:48 +0000 Message-ID: <87zip23vwj.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53284) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bSnI4-0000Nj-2N for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:32:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bSnI2-00045Z-HS for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:32:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52140) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bSnI2-00045V-Eb for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:32:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bSnI2-0003zS-Bi for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:32:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34417) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bSiRv-0002k6-MM for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 06:21:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bSiRt-0003Qg-GV for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 06:21:54 -0400 Received: from mithlond.libertad.in-berlin.de ([2001:67c:1400:2490::1]:55880 helo=beleriand.n0.is) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bSiRt-0003QO-7d for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 06:21:53 -0400 Received: by beleriand.n0.is (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 55328ae8 TLS version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:21:51 +0000 (UTC) List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 24099@debbugs.gnu.org I don't think we have what this thread talks about covered in the manual. If we do have though, consider this bug obsolete. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-01/msg00603.html > > Info > HTML > man > txt > PDF > PS ? > Roughly, yes. Not the same message, but in the thread: > What about installing only HTML? > > I find that HTML (and Info, and man) is more convenient to read on-line > than PDFs. We rarely include PDF documentation in packages. > > Of course, avoiding PDF/PS/DVI allows us to remove the dependency > on TeX Live. Last, from discussions I heard at the Reproducible > Build Summit, I think DVIs and maybe PS/PDFs are not > bit-reproducible out-of-the-box. > > WDYT? > > Maybe we should have a policy on how to choose the installed > documentation formats. > > Ludo’. -- ♥Ⓐ ng0 Current Keys: https://we.make.ritual.n0.is/ng0.txt For non-prism friendly talk find me on http://www.psyced.org