[Python-Dev] Issue 11715: building Python from source on multiarch Debian/Ubuntu

[Georg Brandl]

Am 01.04.2011 18:31, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
> On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:39:59 +0200
> Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Am 01.04.2011 14:49, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
>> > On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:37:42 +0100
>> > Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>> >> > I think I was unclear: I'm not advocating doing doc fixes in security-only
>> >> > branches; I'm just explaining why it wouldn't even make sense to do these
>> >> > fixes.
>> >> >
>> >> I understood. I was suggesting we modify to allow doc changes that fix 
>> >> errors and push updated docs *online* (not do fresh releases) and asking 
>> >> why not do that (other than policy)?
>> > 
>> > Well, I think the tradeoff is simply: do you want to do more work?
>> > (or, given the same amount of work, do you think allocating your
>> > workforce to backporting doc fixes is worthwhile?)
>> 
>> Absolutely.  I don't want to maintain that infrastructure.
> 
> But perhaps Michael would like to maintain it? He could be given an
> account on dinsdale if he wants to.

I seriously doubt that Michael would like to resurrect the old tex2html
toolchain, and personally I also think that there are much better things
he can do with his volunteer time...

Georg