Re: [Autobuild-discuss] A few nits with autobuild

[Simon Josefsson]

Julien ÉLIE <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I have started to test an autobuild page for INN:
>   http://autobuild.josefsson.org/inn/
>
> I am really satisfied by the result.  It is nice to have such a web page.

Hi and welcome!  Glad you like it!

> Here are a few comments after a few days of use:
>
> 1/
> There is an issue with the value of HTML tokens:
>   <h3><a name="inn-GCC 4.6.1">
>
> Spaces should be stripped, or converted to something else.  (A dash?)

It seems to work in IceCat, are spaces really forbidden in links or
names?

> 2/
> Why are there all these
>   <br />
> at the end of the HTML page?  Couldn't they be removed from the
> autobuild Perl script?  (I see it prints lots of them!)

Yeah, that is a bit of a hack.  The reason is to make sure the last <a
name> link will focus at the top of the page, otherwise it is difficult
to find it.  Compare these two links:

http://autobuild.josefsson.org/ccscript/#ccscript-gcc10
http://autobuild.josefsson.org/ccscript/#ccscript-%27

If there weren't some blanks at the end, it wouldn't focus correctly.
Is there a better solution for this?

> 3/
> doc/autobuild.texi
> --timestamp mentions a preferred `YYYY-MM-DD+HH.MM.SS' format.
> Yet, `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS' is said to be preferred in the source code
> of the autobuild Perl script.  I also believe this standardized format
> is better.

I agree.  Fixed in git, thank you!

/Simon