Re: mem*/strr*/etc... obsolete warnings

[Mike Frysinger]

On Wednesday 28 January 2009 05:02:37 Bruno Haible wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > i mean something simple like this (and the output from gnulib-tool still
> > looks sane to me):
> > --- a/modules/memcpy
> > +++ b/modules/memcpy
> > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Status:
> >  obsolete
> >
> >  Notice:
> > -This module is obsolete.
> > +This module is obsolete (see gnulib.info::Obsolete modules).
> >
> >  Files:
> >  lib/memcpy.c
>
> IMO that is excess verbosity. People have to learn by themselves that they
> can look into the documentation.

i disagree, but you're the boss ;)

> I'm not opposed to links into the doc in
> general, and if the output would be in HTML
>    <a href="gnulib.html#Obsolete-modules">obsolete</a>
> I would in favour of it. But for plain-text output, it's too verbose.

is this linking generated automatically now ?  or does something else need to 
happen first ?

thanks for the doc updates!
-mike

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