Re: Big web page

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janek Warchoł" <address@hidden>
To: "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden>
Cc: "Devel" <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: Big web page


> 2011/9/23 Phil Holmes <address@hidden>:
> > You know, I'm wondering if this serves any purpose. It's a humungous 
> > thing
> > that takes an age to load and display, and for a long time has had a load 
> > of
> > missing images, bad links, etc. No-one complained much and no-one really
> > seemed to notice. Yet we lose the images on web-examples and get a user
> > report same day.
> >
> > Given the shenanigans needed to create it, might it make sense to retire 
> > it?
>
> +1
>
> Janek


So - going on comments concerning GOP, we have had one support, one comment 
to the effect that someone once objected, and no-one objecting.  Please 
could we consider this as a serious proposal, and if anyone thinks we need 
to keep web-big-page.html please say so, and why.

I have discovered another reason for getting rid of it - it's almost 
impossible to test any work done to change the way it's created (BTW - this 
is not a bleat about an error I made earlier, it's something I've realised 
as I documented make website).   The command "make website" doesn't really 
make the website.  lilypond.org has lots more content on it - all the 
manuals, for example, the images, etc.  "make website" doesn't even create 
web-big-page.html.  "make website" really only makes the html pages in 
web.texi.  On my system, those things (manuals, pictures, web-big-page.html) 
are only created by the much slower make doc.  So, if you want to check 
web-big-page.html you have to make doc.  But - not only is this slower, it 
also uses different scripts from make website, so the pages are different 
from those made by "make website".   So you can't use "make website" to test 
web-big-page.html since it doesn't make it, and you can't use "make doc" 
because the process is different.

So let's lose it....

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Phil Holmes