Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:09:58 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > How about if all of you started complaining on bug-texinfo about the
> > speed (or, rather, lack thereof)?
> 
> We did that right away, when we first discovered the performance problem.

I know, I was there ;-)

What I meant was to keep complaining.

> But the bug is neither easily fixed nor likely to get fixed, and its
> persistence will continue to discourage contributions to GNU
> documentation.

Things change with time.  What looked improbable then might be less
improbable now.  If nothing else, one or two active contributors to
Texinfo came on board since then; perhaps one of them will pick up the
gauntlet.