discuss: ldp-author-tools RPM package (was: Re: docs)
Subject:
Re: ldp-author-tools RPM package (was: Re: docs)
From:
Emma Jane Hogbin ####@####.####
Date:
8 Dec 2003 05:01:05 -0000
Message-Id: <20031208050041.GN9425@debian>
Sorry to top post, but....
Whatever happened to this thread? Is there anything I should be including
in the revised Author Guide?
thanks,
emma
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 06:02:53PM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> At 11:31 11/2/2003, Machtelt Garrels wrote:
> >If you can get something actually done, I'm all in favor for it.
> >It's the Xth time we are going through all this, and none of us seems to
> >have time or be capable to come up with something, so if somebody wants to
> >concentrate on the issue and get it sorted out, all the better. (BTW I'm
> >amongst the uncapable ones, in case anyone has a doubt.)
>
> Alrighty then... I see the following packages installed on my Red Hat Linux
> 9 (Shrike) system which look relevant to authoring:
>
> docbook-dtds-1.0-17
> docbook-style-dsssl-1.76-8
> docbook-style-xsl-1.58.1-2
> docbook-utils-0.6.12-5
> libxml2-2.5.4-1
> linuxdoc-tools-0.9.20-8
> openjade-1.3.1-12
> sgml-common-0.6.3-14
> xml-common-0.6.3-14
>
> This is all I could find that looked relevant, although of course some
> questions do come up:
>
> 1. In order to write docbook for the LDP, I'm sure that I could
> live without the "linuxdoc-tools" package which specifically creates output
> from Linuxdoc-tagged SGML source. However, it sounds to me as though the
> LDP wants to continue being open to Linuxdoc documents and so this package
> should be kept. Is that correct?
>
> 2. The whole set of packages includes both SGML and XML tools and
> totals about 27MB (roughly). It is my understanding that the LDP wishes to
> continue to support both SGML and XML, so all packages should be included.
> Is this correct?
>
> 3. Of the 27MB, over half is taken by openjade. Is this package
> really necessary? Or can docbook-utils or some of the other included
> scripts do its job?
>
> 4. Is there something missing in here, something that I would need
> to add? I know I can do SGML output with what I have, but I have not yet
> succeeded in doing XML so perhaps I'm missing a piece.
>
> 5. I favor a single "ldp-author-tools" package for simplicity's
> sake. However, does anyone see a benefit in splitting up into two packages,
> one for XML and the other for SGML? Or, for that matter, one for Linuxdoc
> and the other for DocBook?
>
> I have obtained both the package description (rpm -qi) and the package file
> list (rpm -ql) for all of the above, and since I didn't want to attach
> 113KB of text to a mailing list message, it is currently posted on:
>
> http://apollo.simpaticus.com/other/docbook.packagelist.shrike.txt
>
> Cheers,
>
>
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> Rodolfo J. Paiz
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