Re: MBF: transition from texi2html to texinfo
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Ryan Kavanagh wrote:
> In coordination with Norbert Preining, I propose a MBF against all
> packages depending on or build-depending on texi2html, asking them to
> transition from the `texi2html' utility to the `makeinfo' utility from
> the texinfo package, with the end goal of being able to remove the
> texi2html package from the archive. This is because:
> ...
> There are 94 reverse-build-dependencies and 2 reverse-dependencies
> according to the `reverse-depends' tool. I am prepared to file the bugs
> against the affected packages, to prepare a lintian check warning
> against the use of texi2html, to prepare a wiki page documenting how to
> transition from texi2html to makeinfo, and to start submitting patches.
> See attached for a dd-list of affected packages.
There are a lot of texi2html uses, 877 pages worth in Debian sid:
http://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=texi2html&skip=877
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pabs
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