[Python-Dev] Issue 11715: building Python from source on multiarch Debian/Ubuntu (original) (raw)

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Fri Apr 1 22:24:51 CEST 2011

Am 01.04.2011 18:31, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:

On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:39:59 +0200 Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

Am 01.04.2011 14:49, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: > On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:37:42 +0100 > Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote: >> > I think I was unclear: I'm not advocating doing doc fixes in security-only >> > branches; I'm just explaining why it wouldn't even make sense to do these >> > fixes. >> > >> I understood. I was suggesting we modify to allow doc changes that fix >> errors and push updated docs online (not do fresh releases) and asking >> why not do that (other than policy)? > > Well, I think the tradeoff is simply: do you want to do more work? > (or, given the same amount of work, do you think allocating your > workforce to backporting doc fixes is worthwhile?)

Absolutely. I don't want to maintain that infrastructure. But perhaps Michael would like to maintain it? He could be given an account on dinsdale if he wants to.

I seriously doubt that Michael would like to resurrect the old tex2html toolchain, and personally I also think that there are much better things he can do with his volunteer time...

Georg

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