docbook: ldp-author-tools RPM package
Subject:
Re: ldp-author-tools RPM package
From:
Hal Burgiss ####@####.####
Date:
18 Nov 2003 00:49:20 -0000
Message-Id: <20031118005100.GH8203@feenix.burgiss.net>
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 01:07:23PM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
>
> Files
> =====
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/README
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/LDP-Author-Guide.html
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/makeoutput.sh
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/input/sgml/
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/input/xml/
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/output/
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/output/html-single/
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/output/html-multiple/
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/output/pdf/
> /usr/local/ldp-author-tools/stylesheets/1.18/ldp.dsl
I would suggest including a template, or two, and maybe examples of
howto build the templates with existing tools. Maybe even include the
LAG and build that as an example.
> Dependencies
> ============
> 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
> libxslt-1.0.27-3
> openjade-1.3.1-12
> sgml-common-0.6.3-14
> xml-common-0.6.3-14
RH8 has:
$ rpm -qa |grep docbook
docbook-dtd41-xml-1.0-7
docbook-style-xsl-1.50.0-3
docbook-utils-0.6.11-2
docbook-style-dsssl-1.76-6
docbook-dtds-1.0-14
docbook-utils-pdf-0.6.11-2
$ rpm -qa |grep xml
libxml-1.8.17-5
docbook-dtd41-xml-1.0-7
libxml10-1.0.0-11
libxml2-2.4.23-1
xml-common-0.6.3-12
$ rpm -qa |grep sgml
sgml-common-0.6.3-12
Random thoughts ...
I think you might have trouble making this fit in nicely with
Mandrake. I can't say for sure (never used it), but their packaging
scheme seems to have drifted significantly from the RH model, and RH
tradition.
Also, RH has occasionally changed package names, for example, all the
stylesheets used to be in docbook-stylesheets*rpm (not xsl and dsssl
versions as now). So there is no guarantee when they break this scheme
either.
The paths in ldp.dsl will probably change with every RH release, so
either the package/installer has to do this (maybe via perl somehow in
a post-install), or a good README, or whatever.
There is a LDP script called ldp_print for generating PDF's. This uses
htmlproc IIRC, which is Open Source but not GPL, again IIRC. This
might be nice to include.
I am glad somebody is doing this! Great idea, and sorely needed.
--
Hal Burgiss
