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Re: [PATCH] Add warning about known issues to documentation of cvsimport

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 31, 2009, 23:55 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> Going back to the original discussion, it looks like it is a workaround
> for docbook-xsl 1.69.0:
>
>   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/32957
>
> Assuming that is correct, I think the sane choices are:
>
>   1. drop the workaround, as that version of docbook-xsl is now several
>      years old
>
>      or
>
>   2. turn the workaround off by default, but add a knob to turn it on
>      (DOCBOOK_XSL_1690?)
>
> Having it on by default and turning it off with a knob seems silly,
> since most versions don't need it. Debian stable is shipping 1.73 these
> days, which looks fine without 7ef0435. Are there other platforms still
> shipping 1.69.0? Is it too old for us to care?

I am very tempted to say 1. but we seem to have a track record of trying to be nice to people. How involved would 2 be compared to 1?

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Message 16 of 22 in “Add warning about known issues to documentation of cvsimport”
  1. Add warning about known issues to documentation of cvsimportHeiko Voigt, Mar 23, 2009
  2. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Mar 23, 2009
  3. Heiko VoigtMar 30, 2009
  4. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Mar 31, 2009
  5. Heiko VoigtMar 31, 2009
  6. cvsimport: Add a note about crlf options to the documentationHeiko Voigt, Mar 31, 2009
  7. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Mar 31, 2009
  8. Jeff KingMar 24, 2009
  9. Heiko VoigtMar 30, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2009
  11. Cleanup warning about known issues in cvsimport documentationHeiko Voigt, Mar 31, 2009
  12. Jeff KingMar 31, 2009
  13. Cleanup warning about known issues in cvsimport documentationHeiko Voigt, Apr 1, 2009
  14. Jeff KingMar 31, 2009
  15. Jeff KingMar 31, 2009
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2009
  17. Documentation: use "spurious .sp" XSLT if DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP is setChris Johnsen, Apr 1, 2009
  18. Jeff KingApr 1, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2009
  20. Jeff KingApr 1, 2009
  21. Chris JohnsenApr 1, 2009
  22. Jeff KingApr 1, 2009

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