Re: [PATCH 5/6] gnu: mit-scheme: Generate and install documentation.

[Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org>]

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/packages/scheme.scm (mit-scheme): Convert to the 'modify-phases'
>>   syntax. Add phases 'configure-doc, 'build-doc and 'install-doc. Add
>>   'texlive' input.
>
> Could you split into two patches: first ‘modify-phases’, then build doc?

Done.

>
> I’m a bit concerned about the TeX Live dependency.  I wonder if we
> should instead make a separate ‘mit-scheme-doc’ package so that people
> don’t have to download/build TeX Live just to build MIT Scheme.  No
> strong opinion though.
>
> WDYT?

MIT Scheme is a complex system and without the documentation it's not
possible to use it proficiently. Also, currently there is a single
package using mit-scheme as an input (scmutils). For these reasons I
do not think that splitting the documentation to a separate package is
a good idea.

Also, in my opinion giving up on documentation because of the size of
the TeXLive package is bad. If anything the problem should be solved
at the root, i.e., find a way to split it up.

Regards,
Fede