[CentOS-docs] notify emails from wiki.centos.org

2015-07-10 Thread R P Herrold
On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Karanbir Singh wrote: making a few edits i just noticed that a lot of emails get sent out on every edit on wiki.c.o - this isnt a problem as such, but i wonder if its better for more people to use an rss feed ? I read each commit and have for many years, as an anti-spam

[CentOS-docs] CentOS 7 compose process

2014-10-30 Thread R P Herrold
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[CentOS-docs] Request for access to wiki

2014-01-23 Thread R P Herrold
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, Yves Bellefeuille wrote: Karsten Wade kw...@redhat.com wrote: snip What's all this about SIGs, contributors, and committers? The CentOS Wiki didn't use to work that way. This is part of a piece I sent this to Karsten

[CentOS-docs] BenHosmer's node.js proposal; was: Wiki Contribution Request

2013-02-26 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Ben Hosmer wrote: Username: BenHosmer Title: Building an RPM from Scratch Placement: http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Rpm I went through the process of building and documenting how to build an RPM from scratch using node.js as an example. I'd like to

[CentOS-docs] Not Installing Properly

2013-01-10 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013, sumit gupta wrote: I tried installing Cent-OS 6.3 in my laptop. Its not getting installed normally, i've to install it using basic graphics drivers. post installation my laptop is running hot and when i am trying to install ATI graphix card drivers,its getting stuck at

[CentOS-docs] Translation of centos-art.sh script (Round 2)

2012-09-24 Thread R P Herrold
On Sun, 23 Sep 2012, Alain Reguera Delgado wrote: Russ, the texinfo-tex, gettext, vim-enhanced and sudo packages were already added to prepare functionality so they should be installed once the prepare functionality completes its duty. thank you -- setting up a fresh test box - Russ herrold

[CentOS-docs] Translation of centos-art.sh script (Round 2)

2012-09-24 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 24 Sep 2012, Christoph Galuschka wrote: already added to prepare functionality so they should be installed once the prepare functionality completes its duty. working from the outlines at: https://projects.centos.org/trac/artwork - and -

[CentOS-docs] strange error noise ...

2012-09-18 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 13 Sep 2012, Alain Reguera Delgado wrote: echo $MESSAGE /dev/stderr Yes. These are error messages. Where else does they should go to but the standard error output? Isn't it the usual way of printing error messages? no: echo $MESSAGE 12 is the usual way, so

[CentOS-docs] Details on centos-art.sh required packages

2012-09-18 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 13 Sep 2012, Alain Reguera Delgado wrote: Could you move the following information 'remove' perhaps? The centos-art.sh preparation process is being documented at `trunk/Manuals/Tcar-ug' directory, specifically in the `trunk/Manuals/Tcar-ug/Scripts/Bash/prepare.docbook' file. I lack

[CentOS-docs] following the artwork thread, there appears to be an error at step 4.2 of the wiki article

2012-09-10 Thread R P Herrold
at: wiki.centos.org/ArtWork I set up a machine to test at step: 4.2, it states: 4.2. Configure Your Workstation ... To download your working copy execute the following command: svn co https://projects.centos.org/svn/artwork ~/ This command will create your working copy inside

[CentOS-docs] actually, getting a hang there ...

2012-09-10 Thread R P Herrold
$ bash -x ~/artwork/trunk/Scripts/Bash/centos-art.sh prepare ... ++ echo prepare + ARG=prepare + ARGUMENTS=' '\''prepare'\''' + [[ ! -n prepare ]] + [[ ! prepare =~ \^\[\[:alpha:]] ]] + exec /home/artwork/artwork/trunk/Scripts/Bash/centos-art.sh help ... just hangs

[CentOS-docs] CentOS Wiki Howto documentation contribution

2012-08-16 Thread R P Herrold
Luc Lalonde wrote: I would like to add an article to your documentation wiki: - CentOS 6 as a Time Machine server for Mountain Lion (Howtos, Misc, Time Machine Server) Here's my wiki informations: Username: LucLalonde Hi, Luc, I have set up a blank 'homepage', with the appropriate ACL

[CentOS-docs] Centos Wiki HomePage Access Part Duex

2012-07-22 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012, Alan Bartlett wrote: Sorry Bob, I have obviously failed. We really need Ralph, the wiki-Meister, to correctly set the ACL for that page. or to take look at a ACL on a homepage and to replicate it's ACL model Robert, I had added: #acl RobertLightfoot:read,write,revert

[CentOS-docs] HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey was: Wiki improvement

2012-07-22 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012, Ron Arts wrote: I found an error on the page http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey, and I wanted to fix it, but appararently I need to follow this procedure. The error is you need 20mb on the USB VFAT partition in stead of 10mb for the latest CentOS 5.x

[CentOS-docs] rename of EOL page needed

2012-03-02 Thread R P Herrold
I've updated: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/EOLC3 which, of course no longer applies to just one major release I am unfamiliar with the process of pushing through a rename of a page, but I see copies of change notices with Ralph doing it from time to tome. May I request an assist here

[CentOS-docs] rename of EOL page needed

2012-03-02 Thread R P Herrold
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Akemi Yagi wrote: Perhaps, More Actions dropdown menu = select Rename Page ? heh ... done - R ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs

[CentOS-docs] Contribute page

2011-09-05 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 5 Sep 2011, Jerry Amundson wrote: The last sentence of http://wiki.centos.org/Contribute indicates a RHEL Beta is available, but this is not the case, currently. Maybe a more generic statement, and not specific to release number, could be in place here? If such a link to upstream can

[CentOS-docs] http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaRuntimeEnvironment

2011-08-18 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: Makes sense, and I would propose that would replace the current content on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS My thoughts exactly ! I am missing something ... a review of google inlinks indicates this page is widely referenced by third

[CentOS-docs] C6 needs a FAQ entry for GUI setup ( tweaking xorg.conf )

2011-07-21 Thread R P Herrold
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: As some of you probably already know, since RHEL 6 xorg.conf does not exist any more by default. it is not created by default any more, but is honored if present is my understanding, as for multi-head, and for solving tricky scan problems

[CentOS-docs] CentOS 6 (and 5.6) doc on http://www.centos.org/docs

2011-07-11 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, John R. Dennison wrote: On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 01:04:41AM +0300, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: I am more into creating some form of redirect from docs.c.o to upstream's relevant docs. Is this permissible now? Not that I am aware of .. I have invited the upstream to

[CentOS-docs] OS Hardening typo?

2011-06-16 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011, Alan Bartlett wrote: On 16 June 2011 08:26, Cody Jackson supertanke...@gmail.com wrote: perl -npe 's/ca::ctrlaltdel:\/sbin\/shutdown/#ca::ctrlaltdel:\/sbin\/shutdown/' -i /etc/inittab I think God kills a kitten whenever perl is invoked when simple sed would do ...

[CentOS-docs] FOG on CentOS Wiki contribution suggestion?

2011-05-02 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 2 May 2011, Ralph Angenendt wrote: Am 29.04.11 18:32, schrieb Alex Goffe: Ok, changes made! If you could move it that would be great. Okay, done. Could you please explain in the document http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Fog why you are truning off iptables? My thought, reading the

[CentOS-docs] The Wiki Donate Page.

2011-04-05 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Alan Bartlett wrote: As I've finally got around to mentioning the above, I look west to the US of A, wave at the ORC and ask if Russ would please make an appropriate adjustment. I am not the project's attorney and disclaim any such role ---start

[CentOS-docs] Contributing to Wiki

2011-04-04 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, Alan Bartlett wrote: I think he did too, but I can't access or edit it. You are not allowed to view this page. I've just checked and see that there is a typo on the acl line. Unfortunately I can't correct it . . . umm -- E_NEED_CONTEXT ;) What page URL and perhaps a

[CentOS-docs] Homepage request

2011-03-06 Thread R P Herrold
On Sun, 6 Mar 2011, Alan Bartlett wrote: Ralph -- Where are you? Please remember that there are certain things only you can do . . . well, not exactly .. the page and acl for GaoHu is now present http://wiki.centos.org/GaoHu and he should be able to edit it -- Russ herrold

[CentOS-docs] suggestion for HOWTO: bonding multiple NICs

2010-10-10 Thread R P Herrold
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, Ralph Angenendt wrote: Why the F*** does everybody think he has to do his own docs page instead of working with CentOS to have that documentation in one place? *SIGH* Probably the same reason that some in CentOS feel a need to maintain a local wiki chock full of

[CentOS-docs] Suggestion for how to section: easy way to install the JDK?

2010-10-09 Thread R P Herrold
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: As Russ has said, they are not. More context (said in our back archive, but recapped recently [and it should have crossed http://planet.centos.org/ when I issued this update] at http://orcorc.blogspot.com/2010/08/chickens-coming-home-to-roost.html

[CentOS-docs] update HOWTO page for how to copy ssh pub keys

2010-10-07 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Robert P. J. Day wrote: i asked for those rights once and was told i wasn't getting them. so i'm just posting suggestions. ehh? Where? Not that I see, cruising this, but I may be missing something http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/2010-September/thread.html

[CentOS-docs] doco bug as to http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel

2010-08-27 Thread R P Herrold
and AJB kernel-2.6.35-3.bcat.src.rpm [I see AlanBartlett as the last editor on that page] I have installed the given ajb source rpm kernel-2.6.35-3.bcat.src.rpm, and verified that it is intact: [herr...@kernel-bleeder linux-2.6.35.i686]$ rpm -Vp

[CentOS-docs] FAQ/General/RebuildReleaseProcess

2010-05-21 Thread R P Herrold
On Fri, 21 May 2010, Alan Bartlett wrote: error. I was lead to believe, after the Lance Davis affair of last summer, that there would be no more secrecy or any unilateral decisions made by one person. ... you know, it is gratuitious cruft and attempts at 'triangulation' like this that really

[CentOS-docs] u/d Newsletter/1003 by TimoSchoeler

2010-04-21 Thread R P Herrold
Fetch the desired duplicity source code from https://code.launchpad.net/duplicity/, unpack it and change in its directory. There, just issue + {{{ - python setup.py install + python setup.py install}}} I see the above fragment in the draft newsletter, and frankly am disappointed at

[CentOS-docs] Two things...

2010-03-25 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010, Alan Bartlett wrote: Right, only Ralph and others on the Admin list can create/edit the acl line. Ralph? Hmm . . . yes. We remember that Ralph wa looking into such matters -- http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/2010-February/003841.html #define PRESENT 1

[CentOS-docs] Two things...

2010-03-25 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010, Marcus Moeller wrote: Offered my help on that a lot of times and not willing to do so in the future. Either decide wheter you want to spread the work, or not. If not, just live with the regressions that actually only ONE person will maintain ACLs. I will find better

[CentOS-docs] wiki contribution

2010-01-14 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Ned Slider wrote: Again, I would reiterate Ralph's request for you to use plain English[1] when communitcating with this list, especially considering that it's a documentation list. Shall I use crayons as well, to make the pictures easier for you? Words of not more than

[CentOS-docs] TipsAndTricks/ApacheVhostDir changes for virtual host source files

2009-12-16 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ed Heron wrote: I see someone has noticed my lack of suggestions or recommendations for placement of virtual host source files... That would be me A questioner reading the page in IRC today was confused by the article. I added the pointer to the 'official' doco

[CentOS-docs] New User Wishes to Contribute

2009-10-08 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Ralph Angenendt wrote: On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:53 PM, R P Herrold herr...@centos.org wrote: By carrying two wiki, we avoid that workload, and can have a self-serve model for getting commits in the 'projects.' one, and the moderated approach on the vetted one. Bleh

[CentOS-docs] New User Wishes to Contribute

2009-10-06 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Ed Heron wrote: It appears that the people who are preferring the more restricted content guidelines are saying they will accept content separation. But having 2 separate content systems seems redundant. Is there a way to have a section (directory) of the wiki that is

[CentOS-docs] WebsiteV2

2009-10-01 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Marcus Moeller wrote: First, you could try to improve the CSS Layout according to the complaints that have been made. 'complaints' -- tee hee -- all I had were stream of typing thoughts. Thanks for summarizing them

[CentOS-docs] New User Wishes to Contribute

2009-10-01 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Brian Mathis wrote: On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:45 PM, R P Herrold herr...@centos.org wrote: herrold: because creating a problem and fixing it ex post is harder than not creating it in the first place Spam issues aside, that is the very concept of Wikipedia and other

[CentOS-docs] Status Update: WebsiteVer2

2009-09-29 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Marcus Moeller wrote: Please note that the style used within the customization we provide is not yet final. To give an example of how the upcoming websites might look like, I have uploaded some screenshots to the Draft page:

[CentOS-docs] Building yet another an off round wheel; was: Contribution to wiki: nagios incompatibility with centos 5.2

2009-09-17 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Christoph Maser wrote: So we should make a proper nagios documentation on the centos-wiki because the official nagios docs suck? I've said it before, and thought I was a voice crying alone in the wilderness -- welcome, Christoph ;) herrold prior: WHY are we building

[CentOS-docs] Building yet another an off round wheel; was: Contribution to wiki: nagios incompatibility with centos 5.2

2009-09-17 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Scott Robbins wrote: On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:26:48AM -0400, R P Herrold wrote: We at CentOS are an enterprise rebuild as the core product. Nothing more. That is OUR trailhead Then this should be made VERY plain on the wiki's front page. as noted at the onset, my

[CentOS-docs] Contribution to wiki: nagios incompatibility with centos 5.2

2009-09-17 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Marcus Moeller wrote: different pov). I have also suggested that docs like the CentOS specific owlriver rpm howtos (http://www.owlriver.com/tips/non-root/) could as well resist on the CentOS wiki. But it's not my decision. I assume 'reside' for 'resist' ... Scope is one

[CentOS-docs] Contribution to wiki: nagios incompatibility with centos 5.2

2009-09-17 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Max Hetrick wrote: You have one team member stating they believe writers should go upstream for all documentation purposes, if you are referring to me, your projection into what I wrote has mislead you. -- Russ herrold ___

[CentOS-docs] Contribution to wiki: nagios incompatibility with centos 5.2

2009-09-17 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Max Hetrick wrote: R P Herrold wrote: if you are referring to me, your projection into what I wrote has mislead you. Well, I was kind of referring to what you said here: If people want to write content, they NEED TO GO TO FEDORA, or the upstream, and get patches

[CentOS-docs] document proposal: TipsAndTricks/ApacheVHostDir

2009-08-22 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Ed Heron wrote: From: Manuel Wolfshant, Saturday, August 22, 2009 2:00 PM While we are at it, let's also add a folder for all existing modules and another one for symlinks of active modules, pointing back to the first folder. And also, let's have all vhosts in a

[CentOS-docs] Contribute request

2009-05-12 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 12 May 2009, Ralph Angenendt wrote: Okay. I'm waiting for comments here - php as a scripting language? Strange :) not at all -- have used it for years; did a LUG presentation as well. It can live well in the inittab and run as a daemon process for very rapid prototyping.

[CentOS-docs] Contribute request

2009-05-12 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 12 May 2009, William L. Maltby wrote: For widest possible coverage, something like bash should be considered. curious -- when coding under that criterion, I end up at: /bin/sh in my script's shebang ;) -- Russ herrold ___

[CentOS-docs] Contribute request

2009-05-12 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 12 May 2009, William L. Maltby wrote: On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 11:42 -0400, R P Herrold wrote: For widest possible coverage, something like bash should be considered. curious -- when coding under that criterion, I end up at: /bin/sh in my script's shebang ;) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root

[CentOS-docs] New Wiki Page

2009-05-09 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 9 May 2009, David Dreggors wrote: Oh I have exhausted all those means. I even went into the alsa site looking for answers. I have seen many *similar* issues and have tried a few of the fixes (mostly modprobe.conf options). None have worked. I have a page on the CentOS forums for

[CentOS-docs] Updated How to Setup a Software RAID on CentOS 5

2009-04-30 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Phil Schaffner wrote: R P Herrold wrote: On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Ned Slider wrote: unknown prior wrote ... There's always going to be an argument about whether to put /boot and swap on RAID. It's all about performance most of the time being slightly better versus

[CentOS-docs] Updated How to Setup a Software RAID on CentOS 5

2009-04-30 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, Marcus Moeller wrote: I personally cannot agree on that. Syncing /boot 'manually' adds much more complexibility, unless you add scripts that automate the process. Setup: /etc/yum.conf contains a: exclude=kernel\* /etc/yum-kernel.conf does not Actions:

[CentOS-docs] Proposal: Java HowTo Section

2009-04-30 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Sean Gilligan wrote: Russ Herrold added the special note on OpenJDK, hopefully he will chime in. Sean, I think you are on the right track; I would refactor the java articles into a couple of them in a sub-tree, with a chooser at the head, probably forming on pre/post

[CentOS-docs] Updated How to Setup a Software RAID on CentOS 5

2009-04-30 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, pjwelsh wrote: On 04/30/2009 10:22 AM, R P Herrold wrote: ... To respond to 'the consensus ... overwhelmingly' remark, the mice also overwhelmingly voted to bell the cat. Counting noses does not make a bad answer more correct; using raid rather than flat RO /boot

[CentOS-docs] Updated How to Setup a Software RAID on CentOS 5

2009-04-29 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Ned Slider wrote: There's always going to be an argument about whether to put /boot and swap on RAID. It's all about performance most of the time being slightly better versus stability in the event of device failure. I can't think of a good argument for not having

[CentOS-docs] centos 5.3 release notes in colloquial Arabic

2009-03-31 Thread R P Herrold
I have been working with a new translator for the project and particularly the wiki (whom I have known for perhaps 18 months), and he has put up a test translation for the centos 5.3 release notes at: http://www.msamir.net/centos-release-notes/ I have encouraged him to subscribe here,

[CentOS-docs] paging GlennMatthys

2009-03-30 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, RedShift wrote: Hello, Glenn Matthys, answering your page... ;) taking my particular queston to a PM -- Russ herrold ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs

[CentOS-docs] I want to contribute to the wiki

2009-02-17 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Ralph Angenendt wrote: moreni...@cdsl.cl wrote: Well Ralph, anyway, If I paste the 20 pages on the wiki, I will have the problem with the licence. I want to be free to licence my documentation with GFDL or another that could be enought free for me. And put pressure for

[CentOS-docs] I want to contribute to the wiki

2009-02-17 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, moreni...@cdsl.cl wrote: here. And after have explained what and where I want to contribute, I was almost forced to re-licence or change the licence of my documentation (and you didn't think that someone could want to keep his freedom and publish his documentation with

[CentOS-docs] adding stuff to wiki

2009-01-14 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, pjwelsh wrote: On 01/13/2009 03:48 PM, R P Herrold wrote: 1. Don't 2. Package it Option 3: *HOPE/PRAY* epel, rpmforge, DAG or rpmfusion has it (or a src.rpm) I dread, almost more than anything, trying to figure out how to get some perl modules packaged

[CentOS-docs] adding stuff to wiki

2009-01-14 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, jk...@kinz.org wrote: As a result, the Perl community attitude towards CentOS/RHEL is disdainful to the point of contempt. At least for the portion of the community I contacted about the issue. If a 'unknown' person wants posting authorization, I think it is probably a

[CentOS-docs] adding stuff to wiki

2009-01-13 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, jk...@kinz.org wrote: First items i want to add to the wiki are: #1 - some notes about how to use Perl and cpan on Centos proabbly in section 16 on the how to page. http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos Two possible entries come to mind as welcome in a CentOS context:

Re: [CentOS-docs] centos-doc] Contributing on CentOS Wiki

2009-01-04 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, Dag Wieers wrote: On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, R P Herrold wrote: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Vitor Afonso Strabello wrote: Can I post a link to the prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor about it also? https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0397.html Counsel

[CentOS-docs] Contributing on CentOS Wiki

2009-01-04 Thread R P Herrold
On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, Dag Wieers wrote: On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, R P Herrold wrote: On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, Dag Wieers wrote: On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, R P Herrold wrote: Counsel for the PNAELV expressly asked that CentOS NOT 'deep link' into their site. Do we have the complete text available ? yes -- I

[CentOS-docs] What's an Enterprise class OS

2008-11-11 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Karanbir Singh wrote: The sheer existence of this stale content on the wiki today, makes me and other people think that the idea of moving content isn't going to work at all. It's too short sighted, ill-conceived and badly implemented. yup, probably won't work well, [GI

[CentOS-docs] Review and maintenance of the JavaOnCentOS article.

2008-10-05 Thread R P Herrold
On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, Akemi Yagi wrote: I always welcome people who wish to help make our wiki better and up-to-date. The java page is referenced quite often not only in the forums but in all other channels. You might want to coordinate with MikaelFridh whose name appears as the maintainer

[CentOS-docs] Review and maintenance of the JavaOnCentOS article.

2008-10-05 Thread R P Herrold
On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, Akemi Yagi wrote: I have been wondering on this subject. Why not make the menu (info and other options) available to people who do not have edit rights? dunno for sure -- preventing 'lowhanging fruit' automated webbish spamming comes to mind -- Russ herrold

[CentOS-docs] CentOS wiki/web changes

2008-09-17 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Marcus Moeller wrote: ... If you want me to say we should replace the Website by the Wiki, I will :) I agree on that. There is nearly nothing that couldn't be done in the wiki (but the forums and the mirrorlist). Even the news could be part of the wiki if they are

[CentOS-docs] policy w.r.t Testing repo details on wiki articles

2008-09-13 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Karanbir Singh wrote: Do we have a policy w.r.t adding details about packages in the testing repo on the wiki ? (sad but true mode answer) add a ! and tell them in a red box: 1. chime in as to results 2. do not rely on systematic security AT ALL on these

[CentOS-docs] Re: Create page about rebuilding SRPMS and preparing RPM environment

2008-07-19 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008, Marcus Moeller wrote: Dear Russ. I wonder what in the world, which is material, you think is ** not ** covereed between the Ed Bailey, and the Eric Foster-Johnson, the GuruLabs resources (each down those links). I am speaking about the CentOS Wiki and nothing more. I

[CentOS-docs] Re: Create page about rebuilding SRPMS and preparing RPM environment

2008-07-19 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008, Alan Bartlett wrote: Have you replied to Russ Herrold's comment? Perhaps I missed it. No, but others did and I agree with their comments. I think it would have been polite of you to have responded to Russ' comments. (Speaking as an Englishman.) Polite to one side, as

[CentOS-docs] Create page about rebuilding SRPMS and preparing RPM environment

2008-07-11 Thread R P Herrold
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: As discussed on the centos-users list, I would like to create some pages on the CentOS Wiki with instructions on how to set up your environment to build RPMs and how to rebuild RPMs. ummm ... it exists several places .. also, out pointers at:

[CentOS-docs] Some ideas about FrontPage reorganization

2008-05-22 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 22 May 2008, Niels de Vos wrote: Alain Reguera Delgado wrote: Take a look at: http://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/WikiDesign/FrontPageStructure I see a boring balanced two equal column block design; from a matter of page layout, the old inverted L has disappeared from the net (think

[CentOS-docs] modern-CentOS-1.8-1

2008-03-04 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Alain Reguera Delgado wrote: Don't know if you really want theses updates, but here we have some significant changes that I would like to put in your consideration. Sincerely, I get tiered of writing changes into a readme file ... so I took some screenshots for you. If

[CentOS-docs] subscribed wiki pages

2007-12-09 Thread R P Herrold
On Sun, 9 Dec 2007, Akemi Yagi wrote: I don't have any filter in place other than those provided by gmail. And we discussed the possibility of your procmail filter being in play, you somehow showed a proof that the filter is not the cause of the problem. hmm -- I _hope_ I did not characterize

[CentOS-docs] wiki and author/maintainer name

2007-10-24 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Akemi Yagi wrote: I think that every wiki page should have a name(s) of the author/maintainer of that page like in: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS ... an author and an artist sign their work - R ___ CentOS-docs

[CentOS-docs] Re: centos-doc] wiki and author/maintainer name

2007-10-24 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Akemi Yagi wrote: On 10/24/07, R P Herrold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS ... an author and an artist sign their work Just like you did for that article ;-) Most pages are without an autograph right now. You would suggest