Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook production / catalogs with SubVersion?

[Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>]

Perhaps I'm not understanding the problem correctly, but why pull the 
flat files out of svn as they're being processed?  Assuming that they 
won't change during the compilation, wouldn't an ant-run routine that 
does the following be sufficient:

- svn update the current version of the files
- extract SQL->XML files (optional if they're as rare as you say)
- start processing the master DocBook file
- Go get coffee while it compiles

XInclude or not, I believe the entire document needs to be parsed at 
once before processing begins, so you'll need all the files in place 
anyway before the XSLT scripts can do their thing.

Chris Johnson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking into using SubVersion to manage some of my docbook files.
> It's a modular document made up of ~120 XIncluded files and a couple of
> database extract (SQL -> XML) files. The flat files are edited
> periodically (could be at any time), while the SQL -> XML extracts occur
> when I get the go-ahead (~4-6 times a year).
> 
> I would like to manage the flat files with SubVersion, and use XML
> catalogs to abstract the calls to SubVersion and the database SQL -> XML
> process.
> 
> I envisage something like an Ant process:
> 
> - grab the the master XML file , which consists primarily of XIncludes.
> 
> - start processing the XIncludes using XML catalog 
> - the XML catalog would abstract the XIncludes to both SubVersion for
> the latest commits and to SQL -> XML extract process 
> - assemble document 
> - process document to produce HTML and PDF.
> 
> Does this sound feasible? Or is there an easier way to achieve this?
> 
> Any links to docs / faq's appreciated.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Johnson

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