Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git 1.6.5.4

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 4, 2009, 17:10 UTC
Message-ID: <7vzl5ysm11.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <m2r5rb9hes.fsf@igel.home>

Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:

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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> I think it depends on the likelihood that a distro has xmlto so old that
>> it does not understand --stringparam yet it uses stylesheet so new that
>> setting the parameter makes a positive difference (either it gives the
>> full URL or at least squelches the "You should define the parameter"
>> noise) in the output.
>
> openSUSE 11.2, for example.  Its xmlto has a non-standard --xsltopts
> option that passes its argument down to xsltproc.

Ok, as I said that I've been wrong before in this area ;-)

I don't think I will have much time for git today, and it would be appreciated if somebody can work on this and send a tested patch that applies cleanly on top of 'maint' to implement the @@MAN_BASE_URL@@ replacement from manpage-base.xsl.in to manpage-base.xsl as Todd suggested earlier.