Am Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:06:32 +0200 schrieb Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org>:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 04:59:23PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I have a patch ready to
> > > > > 1.) new format (pdf9) + conversion 'docbook5->pdf9'
> > > > > This is using pandoc, so that one can display the docbook data
> > > > > 2.) A wrapper/filter around ssconvert for converting spreadsheets
> > > > > to be inserted in docbook5 documents
> > > > >
> > > > > The first part should be uncontroversial.
> > > > > For the second there may be objections, because the wrapper is
> > > > > written in perl.
> > > >
> > > > That's indeed controversial. What's the justification for writing
> > > > that in perl when all other conversion script are in python?
> >
> > The only justification is my (in)ability to write it in python.
>
> Well, it's sort of sending the packagers the message if you want to have
> fully functional lyx if should bump perl dependency. This does not strike
> me as a good idea if this was the only reason.
You are forgetting the need for perl if using latex?
> > > > Apart from that conversion to epub seem more appropriate than pdf...
> > > >
> > >
> > > PDF is useful for debugging purposes, at least (or to have an idea what
> > > the
> > > document could look like through standard DocBook chains, for instance if
> > > you are publishing a book and you have to use DocBook instead of LaTeX).
> > > I'd +1 having this functionality in LyX.
>
> Ok then.
Hm, does it mean I am allowed to commit?
> Pavel
Kornel
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