On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:33:46 -0600 Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ken Moffat wrote: > > Until you physically removed some > > things this weekend, my impression was that the xml for old packages > > always remained in the book, but the packages were commented in > > general.ent and in whichever xml file rendered the chapter or > > section. > > Yes. Generally I've done the same. It also goes for old notes and > patch instructions and such inside an xml file. That's done so the > removed items can be easily removed and, if found necessary, replaced. > A recent example was gnucash. > > This does create some false positives when grepping through the xm, but > that's a trade off. > > After a while, when the new instructions are established, then I think > the old comment sections and files should be deleted. I only removed packages that I knew weren't coming back and I don't think any of them were edited less than a year ago. The packages I've removed from the book today are just commented out to make it easier to revert if needed. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
