igorlash wrote: > Russ Magee , I've got a question personally to you. > Why do we need to use make ? Why this build can't be done without make > but only with python ?
Who cares as long as "make html" works? Until you started this thread, I had never built the docs. I have a full-time Internet connection so accessing the web site for docs isn't a hardship for me. Curious what all the fuss was about, I set off to build the docs. It took one "easy_install Sphinx" to install the only dependency that I was missing. Fifteen seconds later, I invoked "make html" and that ground away for a few minutes while I did something else. To say this was a trivial effort on my part would be an understatement. This shouldn't pose much of a hurdle for a developer. Granted, I use an OS that doesn't treat me like a serf working the land of my feudal overlord but even on the OS where I'm made to feel that way, I had long since installed a build toolchain for other things so I have "make" there too. > A lot of companies try to avoid using make and > moving projects to python as build tool. If this is true, it is a clear case of missing the forest for the trees. It would be quite silly to reject or accept Django based upon whether the docs are built using "make" or some Python-based build tool. This is an open source project. If you are so convinced that your way would make the lives or many people easier, show your better way by contributing code. If enough people see the merits of your way, they'll adopt it and you'll have done a great service. There is no reason to harangue Russ or anyone else about this. You have the power to change things. Use it constructively. -- Regards, Clifford Ilkay Dinamis 1419-3266 Yonge St. Toronto, ON Canada M4N 3P6 <http://dinamis.com> +1 416-410-3326
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