Thread: Generating HISTORY file
Peter, I thought I saw a recent CVS commit from you stating that you now can generate the HISTORY file from the SGML source. Have you tested it? Is it being done automatically? Also, I would like to get the release dates into the HISTORY file. Do you know an easy way to do that? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
Bruce Momjian writes: > Peter, I thought I saw a recent CVS commit from you stating that you now > can generate the HISTORY file from the SGML source. Have you tested it? Yes. > Is it being done automatically? No. It's basically a semi-simplified way of creating an HTML page with the release notes and saving it with Netscape. It was more or less a by-product of automating the INSTALL build. It's still nothing to get excited about as you would still have to manually polish the resulting text file in some ways. If you want to try it out run gmake HISTORY in doc/src/sgml. I've also tried lynx and w3m for HTML to text conversions but their results where inferior in several ways. > Also, I would like to get the release dates into the HISTORY file. Do > you know an easy way to do that? I can't think of anything more particular than just writing it in there somewhere. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/
> Bruce Momjian writes: > > > Peter, I thought I saw a recent CVS commit from you stating that you now > > can generate the HISTORY file from the SGML source. Have you tested it? > > Yes. > > > Is it being done automatically? > > No. > > It's basically a semi-simplified way of creating an HTML page with the > release notes and saving it with Netscape. It was more or less a > by-product of automating the INSTALL build. It's still nothing to get > excited about as you would still have to manually polish the resulting > text file in some ways. > > If you want to try it out run gmake HISTORY in doc/src/sgml. I've also > tried lynx and w3m for HTML to text conversions but their results where > inferior in several ways. OK, same old way I did it long ago. > > > Also, I would like to get the release dates into the HISTORY file. Do > > you know an easy way to do that? > > I can't think of anything more particular than just writing it in there > somewhere. I have it in the SGML. I just need it transfered into the HISTORY file. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
> > I can't think of anything more particular than just writing it in there
> > somewhere.
> I have it in the SGML. I just need it transfered into the HISTORY file.
You might recall Bruce that I've done this with Applixware for the last
several releases...
- Thomas
> > > I can't think of anything more particular than just writing it in there > > > somewhere. > > I have it in the SGML. I just need it transfered into the HISTORY file. > > You might recall Bruce that I've done this with Applixware for the last > several releases... So you regenerate the HISTORY file using Applixware. I thought it looked poor, and I had to re-do it, or am I remembering something else. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
> > So you regenerate the HISTORY file using Applixware. I thought it > > looked poor, and I had to re-do it, or am I remembering something else. > > *shrug* I just looked at the CVS logs and I think you fixed Applix to look better. Please update HISTORY as part of your documentation changes. Thanks. I added release dates to release.sgml, so it should have the dates when you are done. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
> So you regenerate the HISTORY file using Applixware. I thought it
> looked poor, and I had to re-do it, or am I remembering something else.
*shrug*
- Thomas