[Fedora-packaging] removal of pre-built files

Orcan Ogetbil oget.fedora at gmail.com
Thu Jun 18 21:25:08 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Braden McDaniel wrote:

> On 6/18/09 5:03 PM, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Braden McDaniel  wrote:
>>
>>    On 6/18/09 2:42 PM, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
>>
>>        Hi,
>>
>>        Toshio asked me to write up a proposal for clarification of the
>>        removal of pre-built binaries. I came up with two proposals. I'd
>>        like
>>        to have them considered and voted separately.
>>
>>
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Removal_of_pre-built_binaries
>>
>>
>>    In general, this is simply a nonstarter for Doxygen-generated HTML
>>    documentation.  There is nontrivial (and generally unpredictable)
>>    variance in the style sheet that Doxygen generates from one version
>>    to the next.  Accordingly, the interactions between this style sheet
>>    any any that the package upstream may have added cannot be foreseen.
>>
>>
>> That's why the statement starts with "If possible..."
>>
>
> It is "possible" in that one can perform the regeneration operation without
> any obvious errors.  It is not "desirable" in that there is a reasonable
> possibility of nonobvious errors; that is, errors that are detectable only
> by viewing the generated documentation and furthermore perhaps only readily
> obvious to someone familiar with how the documentation is intended to be
> rendered.
>
> The point is that, in light of this, the guideline should be that these
> files should *not* be regenerated unless doing so affords some tangible
> improvement.
>
>
Sure, it is just a draft. Things can be added or replaced. Maybe "possible"
is not the best word. What would be better? "feasible", "desirable",
"affords tangible improvement" ?

Orcan
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