Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 14:35:49 -0700 (PDT) From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: John Fieber <jfieber@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: addition to ftp site Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.91.950725143302.3223E-100000@nike.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199507251848.OAA15217@grendel.csc.smith.edu>
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On Tue, 25 Jul 1995, John Fieber wrote: > John-Mark Gurney writes: > > I was wondering if there is a index.html page in the works for > > /pub/FreeBSD? I am wondering because I was browsing a Babylon-5 archive > > It certainly has been thought of. The other consideration is > that most people who could make use of an html index (as opposed > to plain text) are WWW enabled and they may as well be directed > at http://www.freebsd.org/ (and the "Where" page in particular) > where they can follow links to various point on the FTP server. > That said, I do think an index.html page on the ftp site itself > is worthwhile. ok... I guess if nobody objects, even though I am not very qualified I will start a basic index.html... also... I noticed that the CD doesn't have one either... I guess that will be included as I would make multiple index.html for the directories... also... one advantage to having a index.html in the FreeBSD directory would be to help reduce the strain on overseas links... though it may be a small one some people reading from mirrors might like the extra speed... TTYL... John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org Modem/FAX: (503) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix)
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