From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gnu.wildebeest.org (gnu.wildebeest.org [45.83.234.184]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92ECC3858D3C for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:17:44 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 92ECC3858D3C Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=klomp.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=klomp.org Received: by gnu.wildebeest.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CB3A5300BF23; Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:17:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:17:43 +0100 From: Mark Wielaard To: Gerald Pfeifer via Overseers Cc: "Frank Ch. Eigler" , Gerald Pfeifer , Arsen =?utf-8?Q?Arsenovi=C4=87?= Subject: Re: Please update Texinfo on gcc.gnu.org Message-ID: <20230322001743.GY24234@gnu.wildebeest.org> References: <86sfdy1hqw.fsf@aarsen.me> <0b0d7974-fda0-ea5f-ac11-95ae43faa32e@pfeifer.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0b0d7974-fda0-ea5f-ac11-95ae43faa32e@pfeifer.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3030.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Hi Gerald, On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:02:33AM +0100, Gerald Pfeifer via Overseers wrote: > On Tue, 21 Mar 2023, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > >> I'd like to request that the server building GCC texinfo-based > >> documentation (which is, AFAIK, gcc.gnu.org) be updated to Texinfo > >> master, currently at commit f12de7a5b383bed0ea29ee34c427679e0f8b9658. > >> [...] > >> Please let me know if there's anything extra that I should do. > > Have you considered getting the shared gccadmin account to build & > > install its private copy of texinfo under its home directory? > > I'm not sure how broadly we want to provide access to the gccadmin > account, software supply chain and such? (In general, not particular > to Arsen at all!) I would keep it to just the people you trust. But I do think we can trust Arsen and it would be good as a penance to make him part of gccadmins so he can be responsible for keeping texinfo up to date :) But what we really should do is setup a dedicated/isolated vm/container to do snapshot and doc builds. And then let the buildbot do them against the lowest and latest supported textinfo versions (or at least against some supported distro versions). > I'll try to have a look at installing an updated version of Texinfo > and how to use it for our daily doc builds this coming weekend... I already build a version and installed it under /home/gccadmin/texinfo/install-git/ But I haven't tried to use it yet. > (Not a big fan of using "random" Git versions in production, though; > any chance for a regular release coming soon?) Agreed. Building from git is also a bit of a pain since it needs a newer automake and help2man. Cheers, Mark