Re: Re[2]: [PEAR-DEV] Re: Trackbacks on pearweb

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:58:48 +0200, anatoly techtonik <techtonik@php.net> wrote: > Hello Tobias, > > From Monday, January 17, 2005, 9:47:23 PM, you wrote: > > TS> Hi Davey! > TS> On 01/17/2005 01:26 PM you wrote: > >> Tobias Schlitt wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all! > >>> > >>> Since some of you already noticed the new trackback item on the > >>> PEARWeb package pages, I'd like to publically annonce the > >>> functionality behind it. > >>> > >> > >> For those people whose blog software does NOT automatically find > >> trackback URIs, could you please place it on the trackback page for each > >> package? :) > >> > >> i.e. > >> > >> The trackback URL for this package is: $trackback_url > > TS> Done. :) > > TS> Thanks for the addition! > > Is it possible to include some basic info for trackbacks on this page > to help noobs understand what are these good for and how to use them > properly? > > I can not understand who is issuing a trackback and who is responsible > for initial connection. Does PEAR website ping blogs to say "new > package info is available" or it is blog, who pings and tells PEAR > package what it has new blog entry available for viewing? Read Tobias' original message and check out the URLs. Also, check the Trackback pages for Structures_DataGrid and DB_DataObject_FormBuilder for examples of actual trackbacks. > > Also what are the reasons why not to include Trackback URL on main > package page in section titled "more information" instead of having > empty new page? > -- Justin Patrin