On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> Michael Paquier wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Since commit 5d93ce2d, the output of xmllint is checked by passing
>> --valid to it. Isn't that a regression with what we were doing for
>> pre-9.4 versions? For example, with 9.4 and older versions it is
>> possible to compile man pages even if the xml spec is not entirely
>> valid when using docbook 4.2.
>
> I don't think this is a regression. It just means we're stricter than
> before. Is there a reason behind this tinkering?
Just got surprised by how we got strict on master when doing a build
of the docs using docbook 4.2 and some old versions of docbook-dsssl
and docbook-xsl: man pages can still compile even if the spec is not
exactly correct sometimes.
--
Michael