netbsd website : xml, xslt and make?

2014-06-23 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
hello,

i apologise upfront if this is the wrong list for the question,
and would appreciate being pointed to the right one.

i just read on the netbsd projects list page that the website
infrastructure maintenance depends on a xml, xslt and make.

does that mean that the website is written primarily in xml
and then transformed into (x)html, either via some tools before
the pages are put on the website, or at runtime?

isn't that kind of very heavy and complicated?

best,

~mayuresh



Re: netbsd website : xml, xslt and make?

2014-06-23 Thread John Nemeth
On Jun 24, 10:41am, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
} 
} i apologise upfront if this is the wrong list for the question,
} and would appreciate being pointed to the right one.

 A better list would probably be netbsd-docs if you really want
to start a discussion.

} i just read on the netbsd projects list page that the website
} infrastructure maintenance depends on a xml, xslt and make.
} 
} does that mean that the website is written primarily in xml
} and then transformed into (x)html, either via some tools before
} the pages are put on the website, or at runtime?

 Yes.

} isn't that kind of very heavy and complicated?

 Depends who you ask.  Also depends on the goals.  For the most
part though, editing a webpage is a simple matter of editing the
.xml file (for which there are plenty of examples), commit it, type
make, and commit the .html file.  The package meta-pkgs/netbsd-www
will install everything that is needed.

}-- End of excerpt from Mayuresh Kathe