Re: [PATCH] Update FTP/HTTP mirrors.

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:31:50 +0200
Simon Ruderich <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 04:15:36PM +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:46:11 +0200 Simon Ruderich wrote:
> >> This patch updates the list of FTP/HTTP mirrors - most them are
> >> either down or no longer contain the zsh sources.
> >
> > Thanks, please do submit it.
> 
> I don't have commit access (this patch is for the zsh
> repository).

I think you do, but I've committed it anyway.
 
> > FAQ is made by "make" in the Etc directory of the distribution and the
> > files are copied from there.  You can make an HTML version by "make
> > FAQ.html".  It's got a different name from what's on the web --- I think
> > that's just cosmetic.  It's amusing that the metafaq seems to have
> > changed case in the opposite direction between the two.
> 
> Thanks. However my yodl version seems to be different (2.15.2 on
> Debian Squeeze) and modifies the FAQ files in many places. Should
> I just replace the old files or do you (or somebody else with the
> correct yodl) want to generate the files?

If the text is OK it doesn't matter if the alignment is a little
different.

> I haven't found a way to generate META.html or
> Doc/Release/zsh_2.html, any idea?

If it's not obvious they're from an existing document then no, I'm
afraid I don't know either.

> The Doc/Release notes seem to
> be quite outdated, should I update the rest as well?

That would be helpful if you have the information (should be in the
distribution).

> >> Btw. do we really need the FTP mirrors in two places: Etc/FAQ.yo
> >> and Doc/Zsh/metafaq.yo?
> >
> > No, that's historical.  FAQ.yo was a single standalone piece of text and
> > metafaq.yo was included into the manual.
> 
> Any idea how to resolve that? Should we just keep it in two
> places or remove it from one (which)?

Probably including metafaq.yo in FAQ.yo is the way to go now FAQ.yo is
only generated in situ in the source tree.

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