Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] QoL tweaks and github action

On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 12:20:00PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote:
> Some of these patches I've posted before. Along with general
> quality of life tweaks to the build scripts we also introduce a github
> workflow to build and publish the current working draft of the spec.
> 
> I also fixed a build regression with htlatex which became apparent
> when I upgraded to Debian Trixie with a newer htlatex build.

thanks for working on this!
I sent some questions and comments but generally this
is very helpful. Thanks!

> v2
> 
>   - added README.md cleanup
>   - applied r-b tags
> 
> The following still need review:
> 
>   .github: add a runner to build the latest draft
>   make-setup-generated: optionally add GIT metadata
>   virtio-html.cfg: implement workaround for htlatex regression
>   specvars.tex: properly wrap arguments to \urldef
>   README.md: convert embedded html to proper MarkDown
>   LICENSE.md: convert html to proper MarkDown
> 
> Alex.
> 
> Alex Bennée (10):
>   LICENSE.md: convert html to proper MarkDown
>   README.md: convert embedded html to proper MarkDown
>   REVISION: update to 1.4-wd01
>   .gitpublish: update base to current working branch
>   virtio-html.tex: sort package list
>   specvars.tex: properly wrap arguments to \urldef
>   virtio-html.cfg: implement workaround for htlatex regression
>   make-setup-generated: optionally add GIT metadata
>   Makefile: add some simple make automations
>   .github: add a runner to build the latest draft
> 
>  .github/workflows/deploy.yaml |  37 ++++
>  .github/workflows/test.yml    |  15 ++
>  .gitpublish                   |   2 +-
>  LICENSE.md                    |   8 +-
>  Makefile                      |  33 +++
>  README.md                     | 387 +++++++++++++---------------------
>  REVISION                      |   2 +-
>  make-setup-generated.sh       |  32 ++-
>  makeall.sh                    |   4 +-
>  makehtml.sh                   |   2 +-
>  makepdf.sh                    |   2 +-
>  specvars.tex                  |  14 +-
>  virtio-html.cfg               |   3 +-
>  virtio-html.tex               |  30 +--
>  14 files changed, 298 insertions(+), 273 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 .github/workflows/deploy.yaml
>  create mode 100644 .github/workflows/test.yml
>  create mode 100644 Makefile
> 
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> 2.47.3
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