On Sep 25, 2009, at 8:31 PM, Kwankyu wrote:

>> It is totally feasible.  It hasn't happened only because nobody has
>> done it.   I think the only good reasonable longterm way to do this
>> would be to modify the spkg-install for each and every package so  
>> that
>> it installs documentation for that package into
>> $SAGE_LOCAL/doc/pkgname.   This way when one upgrades a package, one
>> will also upgrade the corresponding docs.   We would not require that
>> doc be built from source though.   An extra advantage of this  
>> approach
>> is that you can start small -- just start with a single spkg and work
>> your way to others over time.
>>
>
> +1 to this approach. First thing to do will be to modify the developer
> manual to insist the spkg maintainers to install the documentation as
> well as the package itself.

I like this approach as well, as long as it doesn't double the size  
of Sage.

- Robert



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