Re: [bug #43122] texi2dvi does not compile enough times to get toc

[Gavin Smith]

On 19 September 2015 at 16:42, Vincent Belaïche
<address@hidden> wrote:
>>> It could not be so big, because we should make texi2dvi/texindex
>>> backward compatible with the older extensions and make the update in
>>> texinfo.tex one or two years later than for texi2dvi/texindx, assuming
>>> that all user would have an uptodate texi2dvi/texindex at that time.
>>
>> Additionally, it would end up being supported forever, two different
>> naming schemes in texi2dvi. Anyone modifying texi2dvi would waste time
>> looking at code to support the multiple naming schemes, and scrolling
>> past it in the text editor. As well as wasting time thinking about it
>> and trying to work out if it'll affect other changes they want to make
>> to texi2dvi.
>
>
> Well, I agree to all your arguments, I am not saying that this does not
> raise any issue, I am not saying that there is no cost in going to this
> way. However, in the long run, I think that this is a good decision to
> take. At least in 10 years' time we never fall again into the endless
> discussion if suddenly there is some .cps or .kys extension created by
> some TeX or TeX friend and we want to use these for Texinfo...

There is also the fact that Texinfo is using all these file extensions
leaving less for other programs to use.

Consistency with LaTeX is a good argument, although I'm not very
familiar with LaTeX and how it handles index files.

I'm not personally convinced, and I would guess that not changing it
would be the better option. Moreover, it's not a priority for me to
work on right now.