Old LDP ToDo

item ID

submitted

task

status / comments

FM

2000-01-28

Get the rest of the HOWTOs registered with Freshmeat

open

updated 2001-04-09:
Being worked on by [ mailto:mbock@LDP_NOSPAM.us.ibm.com Megan Bock].

LINKS

2000-01-28

Run an automated robot to look for broken links in documents.

open; ongoing. Currently, this is done periodically for mirror sites to determine if active and/or outdated. Need to do the same against all the various links we have.

updated 2001-01-29:
I would recommend linkchecker: http://linkchecker.sourceforge.net/

updated 2001-04-09:
Being worked on by [ mailto:kristint@LDP_NOSPAM.us.ibm.com Kristin Thomas].

updated 2001-10-27:
Completed; but since this is considered to be an ongoing task it will remain on the list.

DIST

2000-01-28

Approach the various distribution compilers to join this mailing list, and persuade them to keep fresh LDP HOWTO archives in their errata section.

updated 2001-06-18:
Being worked on by [ mailto:pm@LDP_NOSPAM.gnuos.org Parag Mehta], < pm@gnuos.org >.

MP

2000-02-07

Make a framework test case for man page stubs from a HOWTO

underway, will be posted to the "discuss" mailinglist.

LKG

2000-02-08

Find someone to update the guide "The Linux Kernel" to be based on a more recent kernel.

updated 2001-07-02:
Being worked on by [ mailto:stk@LDP_NOSPAM.users.sourceforge.net Stefan], < stk@users.sourceforge.net >.

Contact him if you wish to assist. Progress will be reported on the [authors/inprogress.html Documents Under Development] page.

INDEX

2000-02-15

Make a proper index.html file for each of the LDP subdirectories. Make a text file (README) describing the layout of the LDP files, to accompany the archive

open

INFO

2000-Mar-06

Add an archive of the info pages (from gnu info)

updated 2000-04-27:
and Man Pages.

BOOK

2000-04-27

Build a book for all HOWTOs

Joshua Drake [ mailto:jd@commandprompt.com jd@commandprompt.com ]

BUGS

2000-04-27

Add a list of uncorrected bugs.

open

CVS

2000-05-08

Get the CVS repository fully-functional.

updated 2000-07-21:
Documents are being checked-in and out without problems. We need to build a processing environment around the CVS repository.

FB

2000-05-08

Setup feedback mechanism for documents (back to authors/LDP).

open

SGML

2000-05-08

Make sure we have SGML instances for all documents (mark-up assistance is needed!).

open

updated 2001-04-09:
List of those documents requiring markup is [authors/markup.html here]

METADATA

2000-05-88

Add decent metadata for all the entries in the LDP. Based on OMF (http://metalab.unc.edu/osrt/omf/).

Tie this search/browse capability into the LDP.

first set done, needs to be updated.

updated 2000-07-21:
Added a link in the search box.

updated 2002-04-15:
Try the [http://db.linuxdoc.org/ LDP database].

SEARCH

2000-05-08

Integrate a more flexible search engine; take advantage of (index) the DocBook/Linuxdoc SGML, not just the HTML document instances.

open

PROC

2000-05-08

Set up a Linux machine so authors could log in and compile their documentation there, always sure the software is the very latest release.

Joshua Drake [ mailto:jd@commandprompt.com jd@commandprompt.com ]

updated 2001-10-27:
See information about the automated (email-based) system in our [authors/index.html#resources Author's Resources] area.

SSH

2000-07-26

secure shell / syncdirs (CVS)

open

NEWS

2000-10-24

Find/contact moderator of news:comp.os.linux.answers

At least 4 attempts by at least 2 different persons.

A comment was made on ldp-discuss over how much value the newsgroup posting(s) have.

updated 2002-04-15:
We are working on the implementation with the moderator and another individual.

TOOLS

2000-10-27

Tools/scripts needed to create LDP distributions for various formats, languages etc.

open

RH

2001-01-07

Update the RedHat-CD-HOWTO to reflect the changes in Red Hat 7.0

open

CLEAN

2001-10-27

Clean HTML code from HTML-rendering which normally produces code in many short lines, w/excessive linebreaks.

open