Re: misc/52831: [htdocs] developers:

[Eitan Adler <lists%eitanadler.com@localhost>]

>and  leave the rest because there is still an htdocs/images/empty.gif and a lot of non-converted XML web pages still use it.

Other things use it, but does the above explanation still apply or can
it be removed globally?

>  Why removing that section?

That was a mistake. Thought it was part of the above paragraph.

On 17 December 2017 at 06:10, Leonardo Taccari <leot%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR misc/52831; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: Leonardo Taccari <leot%NetBSD.org@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: misc/52831: [htdocs] developers:
> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:06:11 +0100
>
>  Hello Eitan,
>
>  lists%eitanadler.com@localhost writes:
>  > [...]
>  > While here, remove other dead links and references.
>  > >How-To-Repeat:
>  >
>  > >Fix:
>  > [... omitting the developers/htdocs.html diff ...]
>  > Index: developers/htdocs.xml
>  > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
>  =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
>  =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>  > RCS file: /cvsroot/htdocs/developers/htdocs.xml,v
>  > retrieving revision 1.54
>  > diff -u -r1.54 htdocs.xml
>  > --- developers/htdocs.xml    14 Jan 2017 21:35:21 -0000      1.54
>  > +++ developers/htdocs.xml    17 Dec 2017 00:27:49 -0000
>  > @@ -205,29 +205,6 @@
>  >  </para>
>  >  </sect3>
>  >  =
>
>  > -<sect3 id=3D"flaglinks">
>  > -<title>What is the reasoning behind the flag links with empty.gif?</tit=
>  le>
>  > -<para>
>  > -    Each NetBSD 'flag' links at the base of each page has:
>  > -    <itemizedlist>
>  > -    <listitem>href containing netbsd-banner with no alt tag</listitem>
>  > -    <listitem>href containing empty gif with "NetBSD" alt tag and the
>  > -        words "Home Page"</listitem>
>  > -    </itemizedlist>
>  > -    This has the effect of:
>  > -    <itemizedlist>
>  > -    <listitem>Making the "NetBSD Home Page" link a single link in lynx,
>  > -    i.e. not a NetBSD link and a Home Page link.</listitem>
>  > -    <listitem>In netscape, causing the additional text to be centered a=
>  nd
>  > -        aligned "better" w.r.t the graphic.  Without it, at least
>  > -        in netscape, they show up at the bottom not centered
>  > -        vertically, and abut the graphic (or, if you include spaces,
>  > -        include nasty underlined blanks which looks broken).</listitem>
>  > -    </itemizedlist>
>  > -    It's a grotty hack, but it makes things look right.
>  > -</para>
>  > -</sect3>
>  > -
>
>  As discussed in the previous reply IMHO it's better to remove only
>  the Netscape part (probably not so relevant these days :)) and
>  leave the rest because there is still an htdocs/images/empty.gif
>  and a lot of non-converted XML web pages still use it.
>
>  What do you think?
>
>  >    <sect3 id=3D"templates">
>  >      <title>XML template files</title>
>  >  =
>
>  > @@ -349,36 +326,6 @@
>  >  <sect2 id=3D"specific">
>  >  <title>Adding to specific areas</title>
>  >  =
>
>  > -<sect3 id=3D"adding-gallery-entries">
>  > -<title>Adding to the <quote>Sites running NetBSD</quote> gallery</title=
>  >
>  > -<para>
>  > -If you have a <code>NETBSD GALLERY ADDITION</code> email from the <ulin=
>  k
>  > -url=3D"../gallery/addsite.html">htdocs/gallery/addsite.html</ulink> pag=
>  e:
>  > -<orderedlist>
>  > -  <listitem>Verify that the remote site has a link back to www.NetBSD.o=
>  rg.
>  > -    If they do not link back, contact them to ask for a link back and a=
>  dd
>  > -    the information once the link is provided.</listitem>
>  > -  <listitem>Ensure you have perl installed.</listitem>
>  > -  <listitem>Save the message in your copy/paste buffer.</listitem>
>  > -  <listitem><code>cd htdocs/gallery</code>.</listitem>
>  > -  <listitem><code>./addsite.pl</code>, paste the buffer, add a ^D, and =
>  answer
>  > -      <code>y</code> if it parsed OK.</listitem>
>  > -  <listitem><code>cvs commit</code>.</listitem>
>  > -</orderedlist>
>  > -Alternatively you can manually edit <code>htdocs/gallery/sites.data</co=
>  de>, and
>  > -run <code>make</code>.
>  > -</para>
>  > -</sect3>
>  > -
>
>  Nice catch! It seems that htdocs/gallery/addsite.html was removed
>  by <mbalmer> in 2011-07-30.
>
>  > -<sect3 id=3D"adding-gallery-screenshots">
>  > -<title>Adding to the <quote>NetBSD in action</quote> gallery</title>
>  > -<para>
>  > -If possible, a screenshot should contain some easily recognizable visua=
>  l
>  > -indication that it was made on a &os; system. A common way to do this i=
>  s
>  > -by showing an X terminal that displays the output of <code>uname -a</co=
>  de>.
>  > -</para>
>  > -</sect3>
>  > -
>
>  Why removing that section? Unfortunately the `NetBSD in Action'
>  had accumulated some dust but IMHO we can convert them to an XML page
>  and add more screenshots/photographs.
>
>  >  <sect3 id=3D"adding-news-items">
>  >  <title>Adding News Items</title>
>  >  <para>
>  > @@ -488,7 +435,7 @@
>  >      <ulink url=3D"http://daily.daemonnews.org/add_story.php3";>Daily Dae=
>  monnews</ulink>,
>  >      <ulink url=3D"http://www.osnews.com/submit.php";>OSNews</ulink>,
>  >      <ulink url=3D"http://slashdot.org/submit.pl";>Slashdot</ulink>,
>  > -    <ulink url=3D"http://www.newsforge.com/submit.pl";>Newsforge</ulink>=
>   and
>  > +    and
>  >      <ulink url=3D"http://www.bsdforums.org/submitnews.php";>BSDForums</u=
>  link>.
>  >     </listitem>
>  >  </orderedlist>
>  >
>
>  Whoops, nice catch!
>



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Eitan Adler