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From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: [request for comment] xml'ify frontpage
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:16:56 +0100
Josef El-Rayes <josef@freebsd.org> wrote:

> hi!
> 
> some time ago i did a patch to make the frontpage links
> maintainable trough xml. 
> 
> for example, the platform links look like this
> <category src="platforms/index.html" name="Platforms">
>   <link src="smp/index.html" name="i386"/>
>   <link src="platforms/alpha.html" name="Alpha"/>
>   <link src="platforms/ia64/index.html" name="IA-64"/>
>   <link src="platforms/amd64.html" name="AMD64"/>
>   <link src="platforms/sparc.html" name="Sparc64"/>
>   <link src="platforms/index.html" name="More?"/>
> </category>
> 
> this makes frontpage code smaller and easier to maintain.
> 
> i was wondering if anyone would like to see this commited
> or if there are any suggestions to improve this.
> 
> the patches are attached at
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=www/60517

I like the idea.  Go for it, just do a test build first
please.

-- 
Tom Rhodes