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ASF GitHub Bot commented on COUCHDB-3329: ----------------------------------------- Github user wohali closed the pull request at: https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/pull/116 > Remove PDF and texinfo targets from default doc build > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Key: COUCHDB-3329 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-3329 > Project: CouchDB > Issue Type: Wish > Components: Documentation > Reporter: Joan Touzet > > I'd like to propose dropping the PDF and texinfo targets from our > documentation build, or at the very least, having them not be part of the > default target / not standard deliverables for the project. > We'd continue to build HTML documentation as part of the workflow, naturally, > as well as the man pages. > I don't have any solid numbers, but I'm fairly sure most people use > https://docs.couchdb.org/ or a locally installed copy for their documentation > for CouchDB rather than the PDF documentation. I personally can't remember > the last time I opened the docs in PDF form. I also have never seen anyone > refer to the PDF docs on the mailing lists, IRC or Slack when asking for > advice or support. > I've never seen anyone use or talk about the texinfo target. > Dropping this dependency will allow us to drop TeX/LaTeX from our build > chain, which speeds up build times by about 90 seconds and reduces the size > of containers currently being built for our Jenkins CI workflow. It also > means CouchDB devs don't have to install 0.5-1.5GB worth of toolset. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346)