On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, John Shankland wrote: > Well I guess I'm ready to be flamed for some newbie questions. Are gdlive > downloads considered etree quality? The reason I ask is I've downloaded > some stuff from there and the directory structure is not at all what the > etree FAQ "recommends". Also the md5's sometimes don't match what's in the > etree database. The shn's pass with the md5 that I downloaded but they are > different from the database. If I wanted to offer a gdlive show as b&p > would that be okay? If it is I'd want to fix the dir structure, which I can > do easily enough, but should I document it?
First point: Gdlive is a separate operation from etree ftp servers, although you can of course find much overlap of shns. In any case, even etree.org servers are not beholden to etree dir/naming tips. What matters most is the identifying "fingerprint" md5 checksum on each shn. Second point: Gdlive shns are often not listed in the shn db (yet) because shn admins for relevant band(s) may not be alerted to the seeds there. For instance I'm a Dead admin and simply don't have time anymore to comb the gdlive listings for new sedds, but rely on user tips. Please help by passing new txt/md5s or url pointers to the admins, thanks! Admin contacts can usually be found at the bottom of any given band/year table in the shn db, http://db.etree.org/shncirc. In the cases where the gdlive offering is clearly meant to be the "same" shn set as what's already listed in the db, but appears to be some kind of reDAE/reSHN, you can a) please also alert admin(s), with reference to the existing db entry for comparison. You can also add a user comment to the db listing to alert other users. (Example comment: "gdlive seems to have this same set with exact same txt file, but different md5s.") Ideally the shn db should be a general "phone book" listing of shns in circ (through etree, gdlive, furthur, mailing lists etc), not just listing etree-specific shns, even though it's hosted at db."etree".org. Diana Hamilton -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Baltimore, MD USA Small SHN FAQ: http://alumni.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html SHN Info Database: http://db.etree.org/shncirc _______________________________________________ etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
