Re: [generguide-devel] Further changes to generpublish.sh script

[Sean W. <se...@ya...>]

--- Cameron Shorter <ca...@sh...> wrote:
> On Friday 03 Oct 2003 6:14 am, Artur Hefczyc wrote:
> 
> > But lets present new features and ideas:
> > 1. Started to add support for Java tools. They are
> important for
> >     at least 2 reasons:
> >     - (S)DocBook XSLT extensions are only
> implemented for Java tools
> >     - PDF generation (FOP -> PDF) is only
> implemented in Java tools
> 
> Great.

Agreed. 

> 
> >
> > 2. Some limited support for catalogs for Java
> tools
> 
> ok.
> 
> >
> > 3. Let me return to keeping docbook XSLT in CVS
> repository issue.
> >     I don't like this idea, however I agree that
> we should provide
> >     complete environment with all necessary
> libraries.
> >     Our needs are not limited to those XSLT
> templates but I see also
> >     some Java jars as usefull, at least SDocBook
> DTD (because we use
> >     it for our guides), fop library to generate
> PDFs and probably some
> > more. Keeping all libraries in CVS repository
> forces us to use outdated
> > versions or constant updating our repository with
> new releases.

This is why I want advocating customization layers for
the DTD's and XSL's.


> >
> >     So I propose to not keep external libraries in
> our CVS repository at
> > all. But on the other hand we should include them
> in release of our
> > environment. So joining all necessary external
> libraries should be part of
> > package build process.

Excellent.

> >     Since they are all available on the net, it
> seems to me easy to create
> >     appropriate script downloading, unpacking and
> preconfiguring them.
> >     This script could be used as an automatic tool
> for building generguide
> >     release or for downloading libraries when
> generguide is used directly
> >     from CVS.
> 
> I agree with your logic.  Lets work toward moving
> docbook XSLT out of CVS as 
> you suggest.

Yes.


> > Below I present what I am going to do in very
> short future:
> > 1. Complete support for Java tools
> Great.
> 
> > 2. Support for generating PDF files (FOP)
> Great.
> 
> > 3. Script downloading and installing in generguide
> hierarchy
> >     the last releases of all necessary libraries
> >     - docbook xsl
> >     - fop
> >     - sdocbook dtds (they are necessary for
> complete catalogs support)
> > 4. Complete support for both cygwin and linux
> systems.
> Cool.
> 
> >
> > And probably (I am not sure yet if I will be able)
> > 5. Generguide HOWTO
> Yes, I think this has moved onto the critical path
> for the next release.  I 
> think Sean mentioned that he was interested in this
> too.

Yes, please send me any ideas and lots of small pieces
so I can integrate them into what I am currently
doing.



> 3. Windows users who won't install java. (Tech
> writers)

:0( They don't know what they're missing.

> Hence, I think we should consider treating java and
> shell scripts as seperate 
> sub-projects.

Layering. Excellent.

Sean Wheller

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