From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 16:48:56 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Doc: drop support for docbook-xsl before 1.74
Message-ID: <xmqqk12x4yvb.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200402004533.GA6369@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

> I believe Emacs does have good integration with the info format.  I
> personally prefer documentation in almost any other format and would
> also be happy to see it go away, but Emacs users may find it convenient.
>
> Junio, I believe you use Emacs.  Do you have an opinion on whether, on
> the whole, Emacs users are likely to make good use of the info
> documentation?

I probably am very atypical; I used to read even system manuals via
info in Emacs, but for the last 10 years or more, I don't.  Another
reason that makes me a bad judge is because I do not use our doc in
any formatted form---"git grep -e ... Documentation/" is easier and
faster.  So, no, I have no opinion.

> If nobody seems to care very much for the info documentation, we could
> drop it.  I've put a query out on Twitter to see if anyone I know is
> using it.

Thanks.