Re: docbook2* vs db2*

["David C. Mason" <dcm@redhat.com>]

Mark Galassi <rosalia@galassi.org> writes:


> Dude, you missed a thread in which I asked people if they would like
> such a change, which had been suggested.  I'll privately mail you the
> thread.


Thanks - I have been traveling. By the way, here was my reply to the
thread which I sent to Mark privately:


I understand the database connection and the idea that you can alias,
tab complete, or rename even... but I am thinking of the writer who,
may not be very Linux/UNIX savvy who has finally learned DB Tools and
now finds that db2html does nothing. Its a small learning curve yes -
but it *is* usability.... and that concerns me as I am one of those
people who have to answer that question over and over again.

Oh, another thing. There have been some developers who insist on
having the docs build with the source... "what is db2html?" being the
questions asked most often.... these developers probably do not follow
DB Tools too closely and as long as their db2html works they will
expect everyone who downloads their sources to as well... another
source of problems.

Just some thoughts on it.


Dave

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David Mason
Red Hat Advanced Development Labs
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