Re: [docbook-publishers] Tracking DocBook

[Nic Gibson <nicg@corbas.net>]

On 8 Feb 2011, at 17:53, Jirka Kosek wrote:

> Nic Gibson wrote:
> 
>> Does the Publishers schema have (and if not should it) any policy on tracking changes to DocBook itself?
> 
> Publishers schema is defined as customization of particular version of
> base DocBook schema. So if base DocBook schema changes, for example
> DocBook V5.1 is released it is possible to release new release of
> Publishers schema as well. Of course this makes sense only if users
> request new features (or bug fixes) introduced in 5.1 to be propagated
> back to Publishers.


That makes perfect sense. I raised it because a client raised concerns about using DocBook Publishers when, as far as they could see, enhancements only happened in DocBook itself and they were worried about possible stagnation.

nic


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