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author | Aric Gardner <agardner@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-11-10 13:38:38 -0500 |
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committer | Aric Gardner <agardner@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-11-10 13:42:11 -0500 |
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diff --git a/docs/other_options_for_docu_gen.rst b/docs/other_options_for_docu_gen.rst deleted file mode 100644 index ea6ad2598..000000000 --- a/docs/other_options_for_docu_gen.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -Other options to generate documentation that we tested -------------------------------------------------------- - -**Doxygen plugin -> HTML published plugin (html)/ LaTeX (pdf)** - -Description: This was the first discovered method - -* html: using Doxygen plugin + HTML publisher - It involves some customization at doxygen level + custom html header/footer - -* pdf: it generates a .pdf using latex -* Input files: .md , .rst -* Output: .html & .pdf -* Pros: - - - standard tools: doxygen, html publisher, LaTeX suite - - doxygen plugin available in Jenkins, you just need to install it; html publisher plugin available in Jenkins, you just need to install it - - destination files are generated fast - - standard reStructuredText or Markdown - -* Cons: - - - takes some time to customize the output in matters of template, requires custom html header/footer - - latex suite is quite substantial in amount of packages and consumed space (around 1.2 GB) - -* Tested: roughly, functional tests only - -**Maven & clouddocs-maven-plugin (actually used to generate openstack-manuals)** - -Description: It represents the standard tool to generate Openstack documentation manuals, uses maven, maven plugins, clouddocs-maven-plugins; location of finally generated files is the object of a small Bash script that will reside as Post-actions - -* Input files: .xml -* Output: .html & .pdf -* Pros: - - - quite easy for initial setup - - uses openstack documentation generation flows as for openstack-manuals (clouddocs-maven-plugin), maven installs all you need generate the documentation - -* Cons: - - - could be tricky to generate a custom layout, knowledge about Maven plugins required, .pom editing - - dependent of multiple maven plugins - - input files are .xml and xml editing knowledge is required - -* Tested: roughly, functional tests only - -**Sphinx & LaTeX suite** - -Description: The easiest to install, the cleanest in matter of folder & files structure, uses standard tools available in repositories; location of finally generated files is the object of a small Bash script that will reside as Post-actions - -* Input files: .rst as default -* Output: .html & .pdf -* Pros: - - - standard tools: Python Sphinx, LaTeX suite - - destination files are generated fast - - standard reStructuredText as default; other inputs can be configured - - Sphinx's installation is very clean in matters of folder structure; the cleanest from all tested variants - - latex suite is also easy to install via yum/apt and available in general repos - - everyone is migration from other tools to Spinx lately; it provides more control and better looking documentation - - can be used also for source-code documentation, specially if you use Python - -* Cons: - - - takes some time to customize the output in matters of template, requires custom html header/footer - - latex suite is quite substantial in amount of packages and consumed space (around 1.2 GB) - -* Tested: roughly, functional tests only - - -**Documentation tracking** - -Revision: _sha1_ - -Build date: _date_ - |