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[bug#39655] [PATCH core-updates] doc: Add 'Scheme-only Bootstrap' node.
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Nicolas Goaziou |
Subject: |
[bug#39655] [PATCH core-updates] doc: Add 'Scheme-only Bootstrap' node. |
Date: |
Mon, 18 May 2020 00:05:12 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> writes:
> Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes:
I have some Texinfo syntax nitpicks, if you do not mind.
> +re-create them if needed (see @pxref{Preparing to Use the Bootstrap
> +Binaries}).
Please remove the "see", included in @pxref.
> +Building the GNU System from source is currently only possibly by adding
> +some historical GNU packages as intermediate steps@footnote{Packages
> +such as @code{gcc-2.95.3}, @code{binutils-2.14}, @code{glibc-2.2.5},
> +@code{gzip-1.2.4}, @code{tar-1.22}, and some others for details see
Suggestion: "and some others. For details, see ..."
> +@file{gnu/packages/commencement.scm}}. As Gash and Gash Utils mature,
Missing full stop at the end of the footnote.
> +and GNU packages become more bootstrappable again (e.g., new releases of
> +GNU Sed will also ship in @code{tar.gz} format), this set of added
> +packages can hopefully be reduced again.
@code{tar.gz} seems odd there.
Suggestion: @file{.tar.gz} if this is about the suggestion, or
``tar.gz'', or "as compressed tar files".
If none is satisfying, @samp{tar.gz} is still better than @code{tar.gz},
IMO.
> +If you are interested, join us on @code{#bootstrappable} on the
> Freenode
Arguably, I would use @samp, not @code.
> +IRC network or discuss on @code{bug-mes@@gnu.org} or
@code -> @email
> +@code{gash-devel@@nongnu.org}.
Ditto.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
[bug#39655] [PATCH core-updates] doc: Add 'Scheme-only Bootstrap' node., Timothy Sample, 2020/05/18