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Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:58:43 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> if replacing Texinfo and/or Info results in loss of functionality
>> at all, that’s a showstopper.
>
> That's too strict.  We should not insist that the new documentation
> system must have every single feature that the old one does.  It
> should suffice if the new system is significantly better than the old
> one overall, enough to justify the hassle of switching.

So name a single respect in which any proposal is significantly better.
So far we had "it's new and hipper, so for the next two years it might
garner more fans".  What else?

-- 
David Kastrup




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