Re: web pages

[Adam Spiers <adam@spiers.net>]

Oliver Kiddle (opk@u.genie.co.uk) wrote:
> I've added a new news item about the SourceForge move.

You might want to update the date stamp to the right of the `News'
link on the main page too.

> I think we should add a page describing how to get at the CVS
> stuff. I was going to base it on the thing Adam wrote around the end
> of last year(?)  updated for SourceForge but if anyone thinks they
> can do a good job of it (until recently I knew nothing about cvs)
> then please do.

There's no need to write this; just link to

  http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=4068

like I've done from my page (the accuracy of which, incidentally, I'm
maintaining reasonably regularly).

> The Contributions page could probably have a few additions. I'll trawl
> through the mailing list archives when I get time for any suitable
> scripts. Does anyone object to me adding scripts that they posted under
> their name on the page?

No objection from me; you could include my .zshrc if you want, which
is always at:

  http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/~adam/computing/zsh/files/.zshrc

You could also include a link to my zsh page

  http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/~adam/computing/zsh/

under `Useful links', although I'm beginning to sound like an
egocentric maniac, so never let it be said I forced you into it ;-)

> When I commited the couple of changes to CVS, I was prompted for some
> text. I gave it a one-line description of the change I made is this what
> I was supposed to do?

Yes.  It doesn't have to be one line, but brief is good.

> Does anyone know if we can use the sourceforge web area as a mirror of
> the main pages with them automatically updated using cron or whatever?

Yes, we could.  Mirroring via rsync would be best, if it's possible.

> I also have a number of AIX and IRIX specific completions as well as
> some which are specific to particular commercial applications (e.g.
> Rational Apex). Where should this sort of thing go?

Personally I really like the `out-of-the-box-ness' of the new
completion system, and would like to see that continue as much as
possible.  We already have a few platform-specific completions, and
adding more are hardly doing any harm.

> I always hate it when I come to download a program and find that I
> need 15 separate libraries and macro packages.

Exactly.

> If anyone has any suggestions related to the web pages then please speak
> up.

I'm not too keen on the `Distribution' section.  When I was first
looking for the downloads bit, my eye completely missed this.  Could
we change it to `Downloads', with sub-headings as `Mirrors' and
`Mirror contents' respectively?

Adam