From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Mark Galassi <rosalia@galassi.org>
To: Ismael Olea <olea@hispalinux.es>
Cc: docbook-tools-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: I'm trying to set up docbook-tools...
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 09:59:00 -0000
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    Ismael> 	We have a little problem with these tools. There
    Ismael> aren't a more-or-less sgml suite made of components
    Ismael> (packages) with well made package dependeces. Then, if you
    Ismael> want to use linuxdoc, your package system'll ask for sp,
    Ismael> linuxdoc-dtd and its filters. If you want XML DocBook, the
    Ismael> packages we all know. Add a new package (TEI?) could need
    Ismael> to add it's dtd, the stylesheets and maybe some interface.

These problems exist, but are on their way out.  It will eventually be
possible to just install a nice suite of sgml-based tools.