Concerning the state of the manual: What would it take to fix the build
system? It worked at one time, but all I hear is that it needs to be
updated to DocBook V5. Whoever broke it should just fix the damn thing
so the old DocBook V3 sources can still be maintained.
Agreed 100%. Last build December 2007 - what happened in December 2007 that made it stop working?
After all, it is
in a VCS where one can go back in time, right? I don't see a realistic
chance that anybody will step up and rewrite the whole manual just for
fun. Besides, there is still the problem with OOP support in DocBook I
presume?
Yep. Although DocBook version 5 was supposed to address that problem, the approach hasn't been quite what we might have hoped, in that it isn't a good match for PHP-GTK's needs. (I did look at it, just my heart sank when I did.)
I know I'm only saying what "should be done". If there was an easy way,
I'd gladly help with the documentation. Until then, I'll just try to
post whatever problems (and solutions) I come across to the ML and other
public places. Unfortunately I don't have the time to work on the big
problems, so this is my way to contribute.
All developers, keep up the nice work even if it's in the shadows to the
common subscriber :-)
Regards, Andre