(Accidentally forgot to Reply-All.)
On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 04:36:55PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 08:48:30AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > I guess my main point is that the move to HTML docs in the GNU project
> > is not a simple decision, and will need at least a close cooperation
> > of the Emacs and Texinfo projects to create a workable system. We
> > shouldn't assume that everything is already ready for that, just
> > because we already have HTML browsers. A lot of non-trivial issues
> > need to be figured out and solved before we could have a solid
> > workable system.
>
> Exactly. Everything you mention here are valid issues. In fact it's
> not just Emacs and Texinfo projects who would have to cooperate, it's
> also at least Automake and possibly distributions (e.g. Guix) who
> would also have to cooperate.
>
> Maybe I should produce a document explaining all the issues involved
> based on older emails that have been written the idea of HTML replacing
> Info. As this discussion comes up from time to time with not much
> progress on it, it's likely that I forget what has been previously
> been discussed. Referring to this putative document could be an
> initial response to anybody starting this discussion again to get them
> up to speed.
