Re: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository?

2017-03-14 Thread Phil Ruffwind
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017, at 10:20, Elliot Cameron wrote: > The only loss is the ability to look at changes over time. GHC docs are archived for every version number: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc//... So it would remain possible to compare the changes between each release. The only problem

Re: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository?

2017-03-14 Thread Elliot Cameron
> | Sent: 14 March 2017 00:14 > | To: ghc-devs@haskell.org > | Subject: Re: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository? > | > | > I also dislike generated files in repos, but would like to point out > | > that there are a few pages out there that reference the link > | >

RE: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository?

2017-03-14 Thread Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs
00:14 | To: ghc-devs@haskell.org | Subject: Re: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository? | | > I also dislike generated files in repos, but would like to point out | > that there are a few pages out there that reference the link | > https://github.com/ghc/ghc/blob/master/docs/core-

Re: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository?

2017-03-14 Thread Takenobu Tani
Hi devs, How about putting it here every release? : https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/ or https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/ `core-spec.pdf` will be helpful. But generating it in Windows is a bit complicated :) Regards, Takenobu 2017-03-14 7:57 GMT+09:00

Re: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository?

2017-03-13 Thread Mike Hewitt
That would be a neat solution - I'd second that... On 14/03/17 11:13, Phil Ruffwind wrote: I also dislike generated files in repos, but would like to point out that there are a few pages out there that reference the link https://github.com/ghc/ghc/blob/master/docs/core-spec/core-spec.pdf

Re: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository?

2017-03-13 Thread Richard Eisenberg
Certainly no complaints from me. I knew I was doing a Bad Thing when I committed that file, but couldn't think of a good alternative, given the rarity of finding an ott installation. Thanks, Ben. Richard > On Mar 13, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Ben Gamari wrote: > > Hello

Re: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository?

2017-03-13 Thread Phil Ruffwind
> I also dislike generated files in repos, but would like to point out > that there are a few pages out there that reference the link > https://github.com/ghc/ghc/blob/master/docs/core-spec/core-spec.pdf > directly; these would brake. But there is probably nothing we can > easily do about that.

Re: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository?

2017-03-13 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Montag, den 13.03.2017, 18:57 -0400 schrieb Ben Gamari: > I suggest that we remove the PDF from the repository but instead I can > start including it in my nightly documentation builds. Any objections? I also dislike generated files in repos, but would like to point out that there are a

RE: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository?

2017-03-13 Thread David Feuer
;ghc-devs@haskell.org> Subject: Removing core-spec.pdf from repository? Hello everyone, Currently there is a typeset copy of the Core specification in the GHC repository. This means any time someone changes the specification the repository grows by around 300kB. While this isn't the end of the

Removing core-spec.pdf from repository?

2017-03-13 Thread Ben Gamari
Hello everyone, Currently there is a typeset copy of the Core specification in the GHC repository. This means any time someone changes the specification the repository grows by around 300kB. While this isn't the end of the world, it's generally considered bad form to put generated files under