pdf toolchain notes & suggestions

[Dave Pawson]

On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 22:16, Paul W. Frields wrote:

> 
> > Sun provide Java. Lets use it.
> 
> Adobe provides Acrobat; shall we simply use that instead?  ;-)
fop produces pdf output?

> > I can't see the rationale there.
> 
> A look at the kernel developers' list and searching for "Nvidia" might
> convince you otherwise.

I don't know Paul. No idea what Nvidia is.


> > > As hard as it may be to start, having a completely free toolchain will
> > > be blessing.
> > 
> > To whom?
> > Sounds like whipping yourself to me.
> 
> No, I think it's more a case that Karsten is trying to cleave to the
> purpose of the Fedora Project as a 100% free O/S. Violating that
> principle on the docs side just means that, at best, we fail to support
> or act on a free alternative; at worst, we support a crippled O/S.
> 
> IMHO, anyone should be able to use a totally free O/S to "bootstrap" the
> building of any component thereof, including docs.

I guess I'd consider that an extremist view. Especially for a tool to
produce documentation, a third order product. How far back does this
view go?


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