From 642629cb02f9c0746372b669f18bbdc563927388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 19:53:00 +2100 Subject: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH 7/7] doc/INSTALL: Remove rst2man reference and other updates --- 85/e9a98a18228f79fc219107cf53f92671d3ddc0 | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 85/e9a98a18228f79fc219107cf53f92671d3ddc0 diff --git a/85/e9a98a18228f79fc219107cf53f92671d3ddc0 b/85/e9a98a18228f79fc219107cf53f92671d3ddc0 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0495b158f --- /dev/null +++ b/85/e9a98a18228f79fc219107cf53f92671d3ddc0 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +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 -- 2.26.2