Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 2 v3] improve checking for documentation tools and formatting

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 21:28 +0100, Matt Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 09:51:46AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 05:35 +0100, Matt Wilson wrote:
> > > This version addresses feedback from v2. Please let me know if there
> > > are any other concerns.
> > 
> > In general I think I'm happy to take docs updates right up to the
> > release, but in this case since it also involves changes to autoconf and
> > the build system I think is now 4.3 material.
> 
> Well, I provided a patch that produced formatted text from markdown
> that didn't change autoconf and the build system all that much, but
> IanJ asked:
> > Firstly, why lynx and not w3m ?  Is lynx even maintained upstream
> > any more ?  Secondly, shouldn't we do the testing for the presence
> > of markdown and the html formatter in configure ?

I know this, and I think this patch is the right approach, it's just
unfortunately missed the 4.2.0 boat.

> I think that there's very little risk in these changes, even at this
> late stage for 4.2.0.

I think autoconf and build system changes are 4.3 material (and a
candidate for 4.2.1) at this point. Changing these has had unexpected
consequences numerous times.

Ian.



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