Subject: Re: [bug#63081] [PATCH 0/8] Comprehensive DocBook refactoring.
From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
To: Bruno Victal <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:10:51 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hello Bruno,

Bruno Victal <[email-masked]> writes:

> Notable changes:
> * Fixes profile conflicts for docbook-xml packages by using versioned paths.
> * Implements the path convention used by NixOS for docbook-xml 4.x packages,
> this allows for packages that use cmake to search for these files (such as kdoctools)
> to work correctly without having to patch the sources.
> * Stores the schema files correctly rather than lumping it all within …/dtd/.
> * Source fetching methods were reviewed and were fixed where incorrect. (docbook-xml-5.1)
> * Unbundles binary leftovers in docbook-xsl-1.79.1 packages.
> * Removes executable permissions for SGML DTDs.
> * Uses proper tools to manipulate XML instead of substitute*.
> * Uses sxml instead of representing XML as a string.
> * Fixes tests for docbook-xsl.
> * Uses copy-build-system over trivial-build-system.
> * Modernizes the style used for the package definitions.

I've applied it to core-updates, with some light edits.  If you know of
any packages that could be streamlined thanks to it, please send patches
doing so, marked for core-updates.

Closing for now,

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim