Re: rsync for docs?

[Graham Percival]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 04:15:57PM +0100, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> Op donderdag 15-01-2009 om 22:17 uur [tijdzone +0800], schreef Graham
> Percival:
> 
> Hi Graham,
> 
> > Why did you add an rsync dependency for the docs?  For uploading
> > the docs, I'd understand, but for simply building them...?
> 
> make web-install (and also make test) uses rsync.  I found out
> trying to build the package for openSUSE.

Don't people just do "make web"?  I know that's what I do...

... hmm, after a quick check of the docs, I guess they're fine as
they are.  When the Install chapter moves into the CG, we'll make
a separate section for "easy doc compiling" (using GUB, texi2html,
and whatever other programs are absolutely necessary) -- we're
getting more and more windows users wanting to contribute.  Linux
users probably have rsync installed already (or else it's trivial
to add), but windows requires a lot more fiddling to get basic
software installed, and we don't want to scare off potential
contributors (like Trevor!) with items that aren't strictly
requirements.

Cheers,
- Graham