[Python-Dev] Re: interlocking dependencies on the path to a release

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> If what you mean is that TeX itself does better formatting than e.g. the 
> docutils PDF backend, I would note that there are two LaTeX backends for 
> docutils: one a generic latex backend, and the other that's supposed to 
> generate markup suitable for the current Python documentation toolchain.

That still might not be sufficient. reST certainly uses a specific 
subset of TeX's capabilities when generating LaTeX, so some features
of TeX may simply be unaccessible when you have to stick to reST
syntax.

Regards,
Martin