Re: [docbook-apps] Managing changes to the XSLT stylesheets

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Markus Hoenicka <>
Date
2007-09-12T12:01:42+00:00
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Re: [docbook-apps] Managing changes to the XSLT stylesheets
Quoting Dave Pawson <>:

> Confused. As you say, each time you update you lose your changes if
> you modify 'docbooks' stylesheets.
> A customization layer is much nicer, and re-usable.
> E.g. if your directory stuff was in one stylesheet, I could include that
> before the docbook ones. Then I get mine, yours, docbooks, all in
> the right priority order.
>

I think the problem Geraint wanted to point out is that a  
customization layer does not pick up altered templates in a new  
version of the stylesheets automatically. Assume you override the  
rendering of element A for whatever reason, based on version 1.68, and  
put that into a customization layer. Then you upgrade the official  
stylesheets to 1.73 which contain a new version of the template of  
element A. Thanks to your customization layer, you still use your  
(modified) version of 1.68.

regards,
Markus

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