From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ED94BBCA; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:42:37 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAANNBtUfAXQImh2dsb2JhbACBWY51AQEBCAopnV0 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,358,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="7360105" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 15 Feb 2008 16:42:37 +0100 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m1FFgaCx029605 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:42:37 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAFpBtUfBMjI+h2dsb2JhbACBWY51AQEBCAopnV4 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,358,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="9242753" Received: from haydn2002.u-bourgogne.fr ([193.50.50.62]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 15 Feb 2008 16:42:36 +0100 Received: from alcazar.inria.fr (guesdon@topo2.u-bourgogne.fr [193.50.49.147]) by haydn2002.u-bourgogne.fr (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1FFgZ9k029877; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:42:36 +0100 Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:45:49 +0100 From: Maxence Guesdon To: Stefano Zacchiroli Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: [OSR] Ports-like package management system Message-ID: <20080215164549.086e5049@alcazar.inria.fr> In-Reply-To: <20080215105937.GB28010@takhisis.invalid> References: <479F0664.2070706@exalead.com> <1202892353.6427.4.camel@Blefuscu> <47B2CAF8.1040208@exalead.com> <20080215091325.5cfdf2cf@alcazar.inria.fr> <47B55F96.1020701@exalead.com> <20080215112401.10ae8743@alcazar.inria.fr> <20080215105937.GB28010@takhisis.invalid> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 47B5B2EC.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Miltered: at haydn02.u-bourgogne.fr with ID 47B5B2EB.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 193.50.50.62 X-Spam: no; 0.00; maxence:01 guesdon:01 maxence:01 guesdon:01 zacchiroli:01 zack:01 0100,:01 contribs:01 wiki:01 wrote:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 motivation:02 hump:02 hump:02 On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:59:37 +0100 Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:24:01AM +0100, Maxence Guesdon wrote: > > It's just to keep it consistent, and the number of adds/updates is not > > high, so the time spent on administrating the hump is by far shorter than > > the time it would take to develop a registering system and moderate the > > modifications. > > > > > Having that permanent archive we are talking about is also part of the solution. > > > > I agree. The hump does not aim to be any kind of repository, just a list of > > links with some order. If/when an official place with files and > > classification where to find all contribs existed/exists, the hump > > would/will be useless. > > I agree with your motivation. In the meantime, a quick solution which > can help having more "lively" update notifications can be to just keep > an online version of the list of broken links you've just sent to the > list. > > I'm thinking at a link on the main page "broken links", containing a > daily generated list of broken links. That way people, including both > contributors and users, can look at the list and send you an email with > the up to date link. It won't be a wiki, but at least it would enable > users to improve the content and diminish the overall update time of > links .... I think :) It seems a good idea, with some warnings about the result being possibly wrong because a website can be temporary down... or even the inria network being down at the bad moment. I'll add this page soon and announce it on the lis. Regards, Maxence