[blfs-dev] b/lfs books' xml-formatting -vs- patch readability/fragility.

2017-04-23 Thread akhiezer
Hi, A high percentage of lfs/blfs book-commits' patches, could be a lot more readable - and therefore less fragile/error-prone - if the xml tags were kept on separate lines from the code. This would be do-able while still avoiding pitfalls like the old 'vertical-formatting' in *roff/ For

Re: [blfs-dev] [lfs-dev] b/lfs books' xml-formatting -vs- patch readability/fragility.

2017-04-23 Thread akhiezer
> From: Bruce Dubbs > Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 12:47:40 -0500 > [...] > > > > If the original xml were formatted thus: > > > > > > echo "/opt/llvm3/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf > > mkdir -v build > > cd build > >

Re: [blfs-dev] [lfs-dev] b/lfs books' xml-formatting -vs- patch readability/fragility.

2017-04-23 Thread Bruce Dubbs
akhiezer wrote: Hi, A high percentage of lfs/blfs book-commits' patches, could be a lot more readable - and therefore less fragile/error-prone - if the xml tags were kept on separate lines from the code. This would be do-able while still avoiding pitfalls like the old 'vertical-formatting'

Re: [blfs-dev] Policy on (not) updating rustc and cargo ?

2017-04-23 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: Now that rustc is required for firefox, I would like to suggest that we do not automatically update it on each new release. I have noted in the book that newer versions of firefox will probably need newer versions of rust, but I am now suggesting that this should be proven for

Re: [blfs-dev] Policy on (not) updating rustc and cargo ?

2017-04-23 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 02:55:20PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > Mostly we drop the latest versions in all the time, except when we > > defer updating because of too frequent releases. But arguably at > > least kde is in a similar situation - they release frequently, we >

Re: [blfs-dev] Policy on (not) updating rustc and cargo ?

2017-04-23 Thread Douglas R. Reno
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 02:55:20PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > > > Mostly we drop the latest versions in all the time, except when we > > > defer updating because of too frequent releases.