Re: rsync server

On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 08:25:06AM +0200, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > (but one big thing we could do to make the rsync setup more optimal > > would be to purge the 'plain' versions of the manual. once someone gets > > around to do a print-friendly stylesheet for the un-plain version, it > > will make sense to do this.) > > Well, I think I'll take a look at it on the weekend, if I'll have > the time. It is more easiert, then it looks like. As the plain HTML > and PHP versions of the manuals are just different in some added > PHP code, and so we can add code to every page to detect a ?plain > parameter, and so we can print out the manual in plain text ;) > This way, we may also include some more sophisticated navigation > in the printable version. I'll look at this, if I'll have the time. this isn't quite what i meant. use css, and no parameter is necessary. http://www.alistapart.com/stories/goingtoprint/ > One more thing was what you mentioned, that it would be nice to > only put a bz2 of the PHP format manuals onto the rsync server > (one by language), and do not rsync the whole dir, but rsync one > file per language for the online manuals... it might be nice, but i also consider it a bit of a solution of last-resort, since it will require coordinating with all (60+?) mirror maintainers to update how mirrors are running. jim