Subject: proposed release schedule for maxima 5.9.3
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 13:04:45 -0700
On 12/9/05, Vadim V. Zhytnikov wrote:
> > (2) create doc/info/en and move doc/info/*.texi there
> > re-enable makefile recursion into doc/info/{es,pt} directories
> > (make will process all languages)
>
> It is much better to make configure options --enable-language-,
> one per language except English, which triggers processing of
> corresponding doc/info/
> English language is processed always by default.
if you want to modify configure.in in this manner, please go right ahead.
i hope there will also be an option --disable-language-en ...
> > (3) modify rpm spec file to create per-language rpm's.
> > i believe rpm recognizes a %lang option for that purpose.
>
> Each language specific documentation goes into
> separate rpm package. Say maxima-lang-es-...,
> maxima-lang-pt-...
the way i'd like to see this is to package all of the stuff
that is now in the maxima rpm with the documentation
for one language. (i.e. do not separate the documentation
from the other stuff.) agreed?
> I'll add item
>
> (4) Locale sensitive describe
i guess it is necessary for cl-info to look in the appropriate
directory for the info files.
is there anything more to it than that?
> > this doesn't address the creation of per-language windows
> > installer files. i don't know how to do that.
>
> I'll take care about this
terrific!
> > not sure if creation of pdf's will succeed in this scheme.
> > i'm inclined to go ahead without pdf's if we can get info
> > and html working.
>
> What is wrong with .pdf?
i've had bad luck trying to convert .texi --> .pdf.
maybe the problem can be fixed easily, that would be terrific.
however, if it can't, i want to forge ahead anyway.
all the best,
robert dodier