Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:08:45 -0400 From: Glen Barber <gjb@glenbarber.us> To: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>,Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: webmaster@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Documentation Masters <doceng@FreeBSD.org>, World Wide Web Owner <www@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Removal of old/outdated files from www.FreeBSD.org site Message-ID: <40854dbc-f4c1-4609-9f48-791a1886c0c9@email.android.com> In-Reply-To: <9B7CD8B1-42CB-487D-9C27-C9F6D39CD600@FreeBSD.org> References: <20120728041732.GH1485@glenbarber.us> <9B7CD8B1-42CB-487D-9C27-C9F6D39CD600@FreeBSD.org>
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"Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >[Adding www@ so more people will see and we can wait a bit with the >next time this comes up :) ] > Thank you. >On 28 Jul 2012, at 05:17, Glen Barber wrote: > >[Stale files] > >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/x5798.html >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/x5802.html >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/x5834.html >> >> If someone from clusteradm@ (or someone else with access to the >machine >> on which the documentation build output exists) can remove these old >> files so they are not archived by search engines (since in some >cases, >> old file names can indicate very old files, and worse, very old >> information that could be potentially dangerous to a user looking for >> specific information), I would greatly appreciate it. > >The problem is that it's not a simple thing to do. Our build installs >with the option to not install if files are identical, so timestamps >can't be used alone. > Ah, I did forget about that. >E.g. >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/TRADEMARKS.html : > >-r--r--r-- 1 www wwwadm 4494 Jan 9 2010 TRADEMARKS.html > >I have removed the mentioned files but I don't have time to do a full >sweep as I might end up deleting too much. > Ok, thank you. My big concern is if someone "accidentally" finds an old document and does something potentially dangerous to their system. >> Furthermore, if someone with the appropriate access can provide a >list >> of similarly-named files (which also likely can be fixed with adding >a >> section id to the source), I will personally fix the section id so >these >> files do not occur again. (It would be even more helpful if the >files >> could be provided as an attachment so I can view the source to track >> down from where they are being generated.) > >There is no need for special access to do that. Just build all the docs >in html-split and find xNNNN.html files. It's a regular thing which has >to be done as people forget when adding new content. I also remember >hunting down those files when I more active in doc. > I will look into this for a permanent solution then. It is difficult to spot unless local changes are made though. But, 'make clean' followed by 'svn stat' will reveal these edge cases. >I just looked at porters-handboot and it seems there is at least one >left: > >-r--r--r-- 1 www wwwadm 2917 Jul 26 13:31 x5834.html > Yes, this should be fixed now. This is the section ID I added yesterday. ><h1 class="SECT1"><a id="AEN5834" name="AEN5834">6.26 Ports That Rely >on Kernel >Sources</a></h1> > Anyway, thanks for looking into it. Glen -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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