Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > >Soon, I'm going to upload a "cygnus-stylesheets" package. It's > >basically the same thing as the docbook-stylesheets package, but it > >has some modifications and additional hacks that Mark Galassi has > >added. > > > >This package is based on the same source as what the Red Hat people > >are using. The Gnome project documentation uses this package - that > >is why I had to make it. > > I thought they needed this db2* scriptage. The db2* scripts kinda > suck if you ask me (and not comment from upstream on my specific > technical arguments why they suck) but I'm happy to include them. > Please just patch!
The Cygnus stylesheets differ by much more than just db2* scripts. On the Norm Walsh portion of the tree (only about half the package), diffstat says: 376 files changed, 50652 insertions, 735 deletions Essentially, Cygnus has forked the code. > >As soon as I upload it, I'd like to put it up for adoption. > > Ick. Slash-n-burn? I don't have time to maintain it. > >Perhaps it can be merged with docbook-stylesheets? Right now, it's > >set up to conflict with that package. The packaging is relatively > >crude in comparison, because I needed to get it out in a hurry. > > I'd rather if you just sent me patches. That would seem easier for all > than creating a package then abandoning it. Obsolete pacakges tend > to pile up on users' boxes. > > Please patch from the potato docbook-stylesheets if you could. You are asking me to merge two upstream packages which have forked. That's a big job. People have been jumping up and down on me for weeks to get Gnome out. Cheers, - Jim
