----- Original Message -----
From: "Janek Warchoł" <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com>
To: "Phil Holmes" <em...@philholmes.net>
Cc: "Devel" <lilypond-devel@gnu.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: Big web page
2011/9/23 Phil Holmes <em...@philholmes.net>:
You know, I'm wondering if this serves any purpose. It's a humungous
thing
that takes an age to load and display, and for a long time has had a load
of
missing images, bad links, etc. No-one complained much and no-one really
seemed to notice. Yet we lose the images on web-examples and get a user
report same day.
Given the shenanigans needed to create it, might it make sense to retire
it?
+1
Janek
So - going on comments concerning GOP, we have had one support, one comment
to the effect that someone once objected, and no-one objecting. Please
could we consider this as a serious proposal, and if anyone thinks we need
to keep web-big-page.html please say so, and why.
I have discovered another reason for getting rid of it - it's almost
impossible to test any work done to change the way it's created (BTW - this
is not a bleat about an error I made earlier, it's something I've realised
as I documented make website). The command "make website" doesn't really
make the website. lilypond.org has lots more content on it - all the
manuals, for example, the images, etc. "make website" doesn't even create
web-big-page.html. "make website" really only makes the html pages in
web.texi. On my system, those things (manuals, pictures, web-big-page.html)
are only created by the much slower make doc. So, if you want to check
web-big-page.html you have to make doc. But - not only is this slower, it
also uses different scripts from make website, so the pages are different
from those made by "make website". So you can't use "make website" to test
web-big-page.html since it doesn't make it, and you can't use "make doc"
because the process is different.
So let's lose it....
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Phil Holmes
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