On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 02:21:10PM +0000, Eric Robinson wrote: > > > Also, I find it odd that the option to build from source is only in > > > the DRBD 8.3 User Guide and was left out of the 8.4 and 9.X User > > > Guides. (I'm sure the reason is obvious to everyone else I just missed > > > something.) > > > > As I maintain parts of the build system and the documentation framework I > > can > > answer that (happened at least once here on the ML): > > > > - If information is in the UG and is wrong, it is a bug. > > - Documenting all possible build flavors for all distributions we > > support is too much maintenance work. Looking at the build system and > > the various hacks we need for outdated distributions (especially the > > rpm ones with different and broken macros), that would fill pages in > > the UG to *really* get it right. And I'm reluctant to accept patches > > for "the general case", it always outdates and needs maintenance for > > basically no gain. If you need (special kinds of) packages, you are a) > > clever enough to figure it out on your own, or b) you let somebody > > else figure that out for you. Thanks to Veith for his great summary, > > we as LINBIT obviously also provide all kinds of packages for various > > kinds of distributions for our customers. > > > > Regards, rck > > Thanks for the clarification. May I suggest that a brief comment such > as you provided above would be an excellent addition to the UG? Since > the build instructions have always worked for me for the past twelve > years, it threw me for a loop when they silently disappeared from the > 8.4 and 9.X user guides. I was constantly wondering if I was doing > something wrong by using the old instructions as a guideline. >
Fair enough, I put it on the TODO list for the UGs. Regards, rck _______________________________________________ drbd-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user
