Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BABB431FB6 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2014 15:54:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id N-nQor-WPfqK for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2014 15:54:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.xen14.node3324.gplhost.com (gitolite.debian.net [87.98.215.224]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC3DF431FAF for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2014 15:54:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remotemail by mx.xen14.node3324.gplhost.com with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WWZSd-0000wy-W0; Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:53:16 +0000 Received: (nullmailer pid 19326 invoked by uid 1000); Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:53:00 -0000 From: David Bremner To: "W. Trevor King" Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] doc/INSTALL: Remove rst2man reference and other updates In-Reply-To: <20140405211214.GH5316@odin.tremily.us> References: <874n271plm.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> <20140405211214.GH5316@odin.tremily.us> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.17+170~gf516b7c (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:53:00 -0300 Message-ID: <871txb1j8z.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:54:25 -0000 "W. Trevor King" writes: > {build|install}-man, which is backend (Sphinx/Docutils) agnostic > sphinx-{html|texinfo|info}, which doesn't have an install target > > Is that distinction intentional? Personally I prefer the consistency > of: > > {build|install}-{man|html|texinfo|info} > I think the sphinx- prefix is a historical accident, from when we tried to control backend with targets, so I don't really mind those switching (back?) to build- install-man is backend agnostic. Similar targets could be written for html and info, but no-one did yet. I guess we'd need variables to specify destinations. Installing info is a bit tricky because of the need to use install-info(1) to update directory files