Federico Beffa <be...@ieee.org> skribis: > On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: >> Federico Beffa <be...@ieee.org> skribis: >> >>> * gnu/packages/scheme.scm (mit-scheme): Convert to the 'modify-phases' >>> syntax. Add phases 'configure-doc, 'build-doc and 'install-doc. Add >>> 'texlive' input. >> >> Could you split into two patches: first ‘modify-phases’, then build doc? > > Done. > >> >> I’m a bit concerned about the TeX Live dependency. I wonder if we >> should instead make a separate ‘mit-scheme-doc’ package so that people >> don’t have to download/build TeX Live just to build MIT Scheme. No >> strong opinion though. >> >> WDYT? > > MIT Scheme is a complex system and without the documentation it's not > possible to use it proficiently.
Agreed, I didn’t mean to imply we should give up on documentation. I just realized that its documentation is in Texinfo format. What about simply installing the Info format like we do for other GNU packages, and not the PDF/PS/DVI version? Thanks, Ludo’.
