Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Aug 2022 01:30:18 +0200 | From | Tomasz Warniełło <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Address some issues with sphinx detection |
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On Sat, 2 Jul 2022 11:11:24 +0100 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> wrote:
> There are two options to install Sphinx: > > - via distro-provided packages; > - via pip, using virtualenv/venv.
There are countless ways to install any software. So much for my entrée.
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I don't know this script. Just what I've read in this thread and what I could extract from it in no more than ten minutes. I understand what it does - or rather I do just approximately. And alright! Why not help the Gentoos and Fedoras and Etc's. Noble.
But - wouldn't it be million times easier for all parties to base the support on a Dockerfile? Or a script producing the right Dockerfile possibly, considering matters like Java Script opt- ins and outs. If this is not a cheap pedantry in this context. I don't know.
These here bases look quite official:
https://hub.docker.com/u/sphinxdoc
(Not that I've used them or know them.)
The admins of whichever distribution will find their ways in the mesh, raw requirements suffice.
The non-admins may have problems with installing software and also running Docker, as that provides su powers in the straight scenario. `pip` comes as an alternative, if I'm not wrong. So maybe this pair is the golden arrow?
--thanks T
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