Re: [PATCH 5/6] gnu: mit-scheme: Generate and install documentation.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Federico Beffa <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Federico Beffa <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> * gnu/packages/scheme.scm (mit-scheme): Convert to the 'modify-phases'
>>>   syntax. Add phases 'configure-doc, 'build-doc and 'install-doc. Add
>>>   'texlive' input.
>>
>> Could you split into two patches: first ‘modify-phases’, then build doc?
>
> Done.
>
>>
>> I’m a bit concerned about the TeX Live dependency.  I wonder if we
>> should instead make a separate ‘mit-scheme-doc’ package so that people
>> don’t have to download/build TeX Live just to build MIT Scheme.  No
>> strong opinion though.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> MIT Scheme is a complex system and without the documentation it's not
> possible to use it proficiently.

Agreed, I didn’t mean to imply we should give up on documentation.

I just realized that its documentation is in Texinfo format.  What about
simply installing the Info format like we do for other GNU packages, and
not the PDF/PS/DVI version?

Thanks,
Ludo’.