| j1mc | mdke: are you around? | 01:17 |
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| j1mc | hi all | 17:20 |
| j1mc | mdke: are you around? | 17:20 |
| j1mc | we have an issue with xubuntu docs, whereby basically the packaging of xubuntu docs results in a conflict with ubuntu docs. i should have foreseen this, but i didn't. we are considering packaging the documentation converted to html, and wanted to see if you thought that would be easier than modifying the build process to create yelp-compatible docs. | 17:22 |
| j1mc | brb | 17:28 |
| mdke | j1mc: sounds tricky | 21:06 |
| mdke | j1mc: how does the conflict arise? | 21:06 |
| j1mc | mdke: the conflict arises in that the debian/build instructions basically tell the build process to build the docs in the same spot as the ubuntu docs. | 21:28 |
| j1mc | which, of course, makes sense | 21:28 |
| j1mc | moreover, when yelp and ubuntu docs are installed, just opening yelp opens the ubuntu docs (i think... it at least opens gnome documentation). | 21:30 |
| j1mc | i was thinking that just building out the html might be a better approach, but i'm not sure how difficult this would be, either. | 21:31 |
| j1mc | it would essentially involve creating a local copy of help.ubuntu.com, but the url's converted to be local file copies specific to xubuntu. | 21:32 |
| mdke | j1mc: that's a bit silly to install them in the same spot as the ubuntu-docs | 21:41 |
| mdke | j1mc: you should just install them somewhere else, in any event you'll need to patch yelp, right? | 21:42 |
| j1mc | mdke: understood. i'm not really a build-file master, though. | 21:42 |
| j1mc | mdke: would patching yelp be difficult to do? | 21:42 |
| mdke | j1mc: i don't know, but haven't you been intending to do it since the beginning of this release cycle? | 21:44 |
| j1mc | to be honest, i didn't know that a patch would be necessary. sorry i'm not the most advanced with these kinds of things. | 21:45 |
| mdke | I thought that was the point of you having a new branch | 21:45 |
| j1mc | the point of having the new branch was to use yelp, that's correct, but i didn't know that a patch on yelp would be necessary. | 21:45 |
| mdke | argh. | 21:46 |
| j1mc | yeah. :/ | 21:47 |
| mdke | ok, I suppose if you had all the same documents as ubuntu-docs, then they could be installed in the same place and yelp would use them instead. I don't know if even that would work | 21:47 |
| mdke | but it's truly ugly as a solution | 21:47 |
| j1mc | right - especially in that ubuntu docs and xubuntu docs would now conflict | 21:47 |
| mdke | that's not really going to work, I don't think | 21:48 |
| j1mc | and both are part of the overall *-desktop metapackage for ubuntu and xubuntu | 21:48 |
| mdke | because the idea is that people can run different desktops at the same time | 21:48 |
| j1mc | yes | 21:48 |
| mdke | I think what you'll need to do is to have a yelp-xubuntu package or similar and patch it to point at the xubuntu docs. Even that might be quite tricky | 21:49 |
| mdke | at this stage in the release cycle I'd recommend doing whatever you did last release cycle... | 21:49 |
| j1mc | going back and updating the original package? | 21:49 |
| j1mc | ... the original branch? you really think that building out the html would be too difficult at this point? | 21:50 |
| mdke | well, how did you ship the documents in the last release? as html? | 21:50 |
| j1mc | yes - do you recall the "docs that aren't valid docbook, but work together as a large meta-document"? | 21:51 |
| mdke | yes | 21:51 |
| mdke | so why don't you do the same again? | 21:51 |
| mdke | with your new branch | 21:51 |
| j1mc | hmm... the current branch has ghelp links in there. would the fix-urls.sh script convert them into something that would work in the same way? i don't think it would. | 21:52 |
| j1mc | that script just converts the ghelp links for publishing help.ubuntu.com, right? | 21:52 |
| mdke | yes, the idea of th fix-urls.sh script is to convert ghelp links into regular html links. But you would have to look at the script and ensure that it covers all of your links | 21:53 |
| mdke | I'm sure you could adapt it | 21:53 |
| j1mc | right | 21:53 |
| mdke | ok, I have to go now | 21:54 |
| mdke | see you | 21:54 |
| j1mc | i would just have to modify my <xincludes...> links in my initial start page of the meta-document, i think. | 21:54 |
| j1mc | thanks, mdke. | 21:55 |
| j1mc | i'll look into it. | 21:55 |
| mdke | good luck! | 21:55 |
| j1mc | thanks :) | 21:55 |
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