Hi Ed Fine! I will then do as you suggest, fork first, then propose some small changes as pull request.
Have a nice Easter sunday! Hernán Den sön 17 apr. 2022 20:25Ed . <[email protected]> skrev: > Hi Hernán, > > > > Excellent questions! The “recent news” section is currently just HTML in > “home.html” as you say, manually added by people including, over the years, > Chris, Derek, and me. The reason for the non-version-dependent links is > simply that’s what was added. > > > > The GitHub “releases” feature isn’t something PDL really uses, because > people get it either from a packaging system, or CPAN. It would probably be > “nice” to have it automatically updated (though the obvious “hook” would be > a GitHub Action triggered by a tag, as we currently use for Cygwin testing > for each release). But the first question to answer would be what would be > the benefit to justify the effort? > > > > One vast benefit of switching to GitHub Pages for the website is that it’s > easy for anyone to fork the repo and pull-request an update – the previous > setup needed an admin to use rsync, which wasn’t very easy. It might make > the most sense to open an issue first to discuss any changes (or just email > me), but if there are website changes you feel are obvious and just want to > go ahead, please do! There is a tiny guide at > https://github.com/PDLPorters/pdl/wiki/Developer%27s-Corner#modifying-the-website > . > > > > Best regards, > > Ed > > > > *From: *Hernán De Angelis <[email protected]> > *Sent: *16 April 2022 13:28 > *To: *[email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [Pdl-general] pdl.perl.org website updated > > > > Hi! > > Nice! The page appears to load faster. I have a couple of (potentially > silly) questions: > > - how is the "recent news" feed managed? Is this done manually in the > "home.html" page ( > https://github.com/PDLPorters/pdlporters.github.com/blob/master/content/home.html) > ? > > - links to previous PDL versions in CPAN point to the same address ( > https://metacpan.org/pod/PDL). Shouldn't it be something like, for > example for 2.077: > https://metacpan.org/release/ETJ/PDL-2.077/view/Basic/PDL.pm ? > > - why is the last released version in github 2.026 from feb 2021? > Shouldn't it be nice to have it in sync with metacpan? Perhaps there is > good reason to do so and I am just not aware of it. > > If what is needed is manpower to keep these thinks updated and consistent > I may be able to help. > > > H. > > > > Den 2022-04-15 kl. 18:11, skrev Ed .: > > Dear PDL folks, > > > > Those of you who look at the PDL website every day will already know this. > For those who don’t, I have just (hopefully) finished tweaking the website > at https://pdl.perl.org/: > > 1. The astute among you will notice that’s now “https” not “http” > 2. It’s hosted on GitHub Pages rather than Sourceforge, so it’s now > really fast > 3. Also making it really fast and nice to use is Joel’s amazing > JavaScript-based update > 4. The search now uses MetaCPAN which has a neat autocomplete feature > > > > All credit to Joel for his modernisation work; Chris for helping me with > the updating of the Sourceforge site; Robert of the Perl NOC for his > near-instantaneous help with switching the hosting. I have probably missed > some stuff so please have a nose around and open issues on > https://github.com/PDLPorters/pdlporters.github.com/issues or use the > “Website issues” link in the sidebar (which links to that). > > > > As usual, please give the new *website* a try and report problems. > > > > Best regards, > > Ed > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pdl-general mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-general > > > > >
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