Linux Documentation Project To Do List
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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 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for mirror sites to determine if active and/or outdated.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 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 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 Stefan, <stk@users.sourceforge.net>. Contact him if you wish to assist. Progress will be reported on the 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 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 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 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 jd@commandprompt.com
updated 2001-10-27: See information about the automated (email-based) system in our 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 |