I hate to disagree :-) -- but please see the embedded note, below. Regards,
Ken On 1/19/2012 10:31 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 1/19/2012 1:08 AM, Jon Elson wrote: >> Jon Elson wrote: >>> I was just going to do some LinuxCNC renaming in the Wiki. >>> I find the entire wiki seems to be set to read-only. >>> Also, a number of pags are still missing. >>> Table of Contents / Getting started: >>> LinuxCNC Supported Hardware >>> LinuxCNC Installing Linux >>> LinuxCNC pure simulator >>> >> are all dead, due to the name change. I don't know how to fix this, it >> needs to be linked >> to a page that can no longer be brought up. I can get to the old page >> from the list >> of changes, though. >> >> Jon >> >> > Jon: > > This is the problem of legitimately (in the sense of that's the way the > Wiki works) broken links I noted yesterday in my message "Wiki editing". > I haven't seen any responses that suggest I and others shouldn't just > forge ahead to (re)construct the connections. It is the access through > the list of changes you mention which makes easy my proposed process of > copying old pages to new and then editing the new. A new, empty page > with a well-formed URL is created when one clicks on one of those pesky > "?" marks, ready to be copied into and edited. > > At this point I think I'm going to apply brute force and ignorance by > replacing all instances of emc/emc2 on the pages I edit and not worry > about the past-future dichotomy. > > This doesn't mean I like it. I still think we should declare explicitly > that there was a past which was EMC, a present defined by the date and > substance of the agreement between our Board and EMC Corporation, and > the future which is LinuxCNC. An easy example lies in Chris' message to > emc-users.where he says "...and versions of the software and > documentation starting with 2.5.0." We are not going to rebrand EMC2 > 2.4.7 or any of its predecessors, nor rewrite their documentation, so we > have to be able to refer to them as EMC2, even if we qualify every > reference with a disclaimer. > > But that's just me. I'm not an attorney nor do I play one on TV. I'm not > a member of the Board nor even an active developer of LinuxCNC. LinuxCNC is more than just the code. You ARE an active developer of LinuxCNC. > My only > interest here is to see this collected work of dozens continue to thrive. > > Regards, > Kent > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
