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Mon May 21 23:59:15 CEST 2007 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-May/073322.html

>     Martin> I disagree. The documentation infrastructure of Python should
>     Martin> only consider the needs of Python itself. If other people can
>     Martin> use that infrastructure for other purposes, fine - if they find
>     Martin> that it does not meet their needs, they have to look elsewhere.
> 
> Then I submit that you are probably removing some significant piece of
> functionality from the provided documentation toolchain which some people
> probably rely on.  After all, that's what LaTeX excels at.

It may be significant for other people, but it is not significant for
the Python documentation.

> They will be
> able to continue to use the old tools, but where will they get them if they
> are no longer part of Python?

We are not going to remove old releases from the net.

Regards,
Martin

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