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| This page is a help for people making the task of browsing the mirrors for the LDP. | This page is to help people who are checking the LDP mirrors are correct and up to date. |
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| The LDP have many [[Mirrors|mirrors]]. They help spreading the HOWTO. Most of them are Universities. | The LDP has many [[Mirrors|mirrors]]. They help in widening access to the HOWTOs. Most of the mirrors are Universities. |
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| This can be seen by going to the mirror and looking at the home page to see if the date (top right corner of the page) is the same as http://tdlp.org. | This can be seen by going to the mirror and looking at the home page to see if the date (top right corner of the page) is the same as the date on http://tdlp.org. |
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| Then one need to use some of the links in the mirror to see if they point to usable doc. If aver an incorrect document is found, look at the main tldp one to see if the error is from the mirror or from LDP. | Then a sample of the links in the mirror need to be tested (clicked on) to see if they point to a usable document. If an incorrect document should be found, look at the same link on the main TLDP site to determine if the error originates with the mirror or with the main TLDP site. |
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| If there is a problem with the miror, first write to the discuss list to inform everybody (just to don't have two people writing to the mirror admin at the same time), then write to the admin to ask. | If there is any problem with a mirror, first write to the discussion list to inform everybody (so that we don't have two people writing to the mirror admin at the same time), then write to the admin to ask for the necessary change. |
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| Given we now have a wiki :-), it could be a good idea to write on the mirror page the date it have been tested and the result ("tested good on month day, year by <identity of tester>"). | Given we now have a wiki :-), it could be a good idea to write on the mirror page the date it have been tested and the result ("tested good on month day, year by <identity of tester>"). (*Should there be a link here to mirror home page on the wiki*). |
This page is to help people who are checking the LDP mirrors are correct and up to date.
Why
The LDP has many mirrors. They help in widening access to the HOWTOs. Most of the mirrors are Universities.
We need to be sure all the referenced mirrors are up to date, according to the status given on the mirror page (DAILY...).
How
This can be seen by going to the mirror and looking at the home page to see if the date (top right corner of the page) is the same as the date on http://tdlp.org.
Then a sample of the links in the mirror need to be tested (clicked on) to see if they point to a usable document. If an incorrect document should be found, look at the same link on the main TLDP site to determine if the error originates with the mirror or with the main TLDP site.
If there is any problem with a mirror, first write to the discussion list to inform everybody (so that we don't have two people writing to the mirror admin at the same time), then write to the admin to ask for the necessary change.
Given we now have a wiki :-), it could be a good idea to write on the mirror page the date it have been tested and the result ("tested good on month day, year by <identity of tester>"). (*Should there be a link here to mirror home page on the wiki*).
