Issue 14467: Avoid exotic documentation in the devguide (original) (raw)

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Created on 2012-04-01 15:35 by pitrou, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (7)
msg157303 - (view)	Author: Antoine Pitrou (pitrou) *	Date: 2012-04-01 15:35
The devguide is growing exotic documentation about e.g. how to install GNU autoconf. I think this should be avoided, or relegated to the FAQ.
msg157305 - (view)	Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) *	Date: 2012-04-01 15:50
Agreed. The autoconf doc comes from #7997, which required a FAQ entry.
msg157306 - (view)	Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) *	Date: 2012-04-01 15:50
asked for*
msg157309 - (view)	Author: Ross Lagerwall (rosslagerwall)	Date: 2012-04-01 16:05
I'm happy to remove the bit about *installing* autoconf altogether. Do you think the Autoconf section (about regenerating configure) should stay where it is or be moved somewhere else?
msg157310 - (view)	Author: Antoine Pitrou (pitrou) *	Date: 2012-04-01 16:07
> Do you think the Autoconf section (about regenerating configure) > should stay where it is or be moved somewhere else? I think it's a fairly rare thing to do (regenerating configure), so perhaps it can migrate to a FAQ entry. (besides, I think most people knowing how to edit a configure script would also know you have to regenerate it)
msg157314 - (view)	Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev)	Date: 2012-04-01 16:32
New changeset 27be97280cff by Ross Lagerwall in branch 'default': Issue 14467: Simplify Autoconf section and move it to FAQ. http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/27be97280cff
msg157324 - (view)	Author: Antoine Pitrou (pitrou) *	Date: 2012-04-01 18:27
Thank you for doing it :)