From e7cd4ac40b12ff16fc1840143975638ebf2a1b85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://id.koumbit.net/anarcat" Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 11:45:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] another look at bootstrap and packaging strategies --- doc/todo/merge_bootstrap_branch.mdwn | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/todo/merge_bootstrap_branch.mdwn b/doc/todo/merge_bootstrap_branch.mdwn index 34a4a1f72..5e046f737 100644 --- a/doc/todo/merge_bootstrap_branch.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/merge_bootstrap_branch.mdwn @@ -29,3 +29,35 @@ except when the bootstrap theme is enabled. >> [See for yourself](https://notabug.org/iikb/ikiwiki-theme-bootstrap/commit/7f30630b6255336a34b14f70f2a674e15cd797a0) - don't mind the red parts. >> This is tedious and boring, it's easier to tamper with template files >> than to rewrite bootstrap by copying and pasting it. --[[desci]] + +> Is there any progress here? Someone wanting to build a Bootstrap 4 +> should look at working with this branch or a custom theme? +> +> For the record, there is a Debian package for +> [font-awesome][]. [mkdocs-bootstrap][] uses +> that. [sphinx-bootstrap-theme][] is another bootstrap-based theme +> packaged in Debian. Both ship embeded copies of Bootstrap 3, so +> there are prior offenses to just shipping the code within the +> package. +> +> It would be preferable to package bootstrap 4 seperately of +> course... I made a [RFP for packaging B4](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=842828). +> +> I was somehow under the impression that Boostrap 4 was lighter, but +> looking at the actual code on the alpha site makes me think that it +> is actually larger, which reduces the incentives for me to do the +> upgrade... Along with jquery, it's a 100KB overhead on first load, +> something that shouldn't be neglected. The [alpha site][] is around +> 1MB and 25 requests! My site can currently squeeze all of jquery and +> boostrap in 80KB (including the glyphs font) and it's only that +> stupid Mozilla Fira font that makes it blow up to 300KB... So I am +> not sure I would switch to B4 - maybe doing a B3 merge would be best +> for now, especially since Bootstrap 3 is already packaged in Debian? +> -- [[anarcat]] + +[alpha site]: https://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com +[bug #704330]: https://bugs.debian.org/704330 +[orphaned]: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/twitter-bootstrap +[sphinx-bootstrap-theme]: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/sphinx-bootstrap-theme +[mkdocs-bootstrap]: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/mkdocs-bootstrap +[font-awesome]: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fonts-font-awesome -- 2.39.2