GNU bug report logs - #22687
Online manual not updated automatically

Previous Next

Full log

Message #26 received at 22687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas <at> gmx.net>
Cc: 22687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22687: Online manual not updated automatically
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:37:49 +0100

Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas <at> gmx.net> writes:

> On 16.02.2016 17:42, Andreas Enge wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 05:33:27PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>>> I was not courageous enough to suggest that, but this does sound
>>> like a good idea.
>> 
>> It is easy enough to have that courage when one is not the person
>> making the releases :-)
>
> Hmm, shouldn't that process be mostly automated? And if not, maybe
> it's worth thinking about how to do that. I guess from a functional
> point of view a release is just a function that takes a revision and
> has as its outputs installer images, binary installers, a new website,
> yada yada yada..

IIUC The problem is that making a release involves a lot a build power
that take long long time and makes it difficult to resolve unavoidable
issues encountered during the process.

I remember hearing Ludo explaining that the release process for Guix was
more involving than for the other software projects he experienced.

--
Mathieu Lirzin

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.