discuss: modifiability of docs: final decision
Subject:
Re: modifiability of docs: final decision
From:
Emma Jane Hogbin ####@####.####
Date:
5 Mar 2005 16:47:30 -0000
Message-Id: <20050305164806.GC2863@smeagol>
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 02:18:28AM -0800, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > The first step when reviewing an existing document
> > is to see if the
> > license allows modification. *Many* documents have
> > been removed from the
> > collection because they are out of date and they
> > cannot be modified.
>
> this is only because those docs didnt allow
> modification. if it had we might have fixed it more
> easily. thank you for bringing this up
I forgot the last little bit, "out of date, could not be modified and were
not good to begin with." (I'm sure we can all think of examples of bad
documents that were yanked? Those are the ones I meant to refer to.)
Sometimes the documents are simply *way* out of date and there is no one
to make the corrections. Licensing is rarely a real stumbling block for us
when it comes to updates--it's mostly knowledgeable humans and their lack
thereof.
We are working on improving the documents that come in with respect to
quality and licensing. Going back and re-writing the existing collection
is not currently a priority as we do not have the volunteers. My own
ACPI HOWTO is waiting for me to add another chunk of information (it will
double in size and then I will hand it off to a new author). How are your
own documents doing? I bet almost everyone on this list is in a similar
boat (except probably Tille who manages to get superhero amounts of work
done!!).
When we do have volunteers to go back and work on existing docs, each document
will need to be considered from the following points (among others, I'm
sure):
- was the document ever good from a technical, language and learning
perspective?
- would it be easier to start from scratch, or find a new document that
would be a better "base"/starting point
- can the author be contacted and are they willing to change the
license? And/or make the required updates themselves. Often, but
not always, authors are willing to change the license when asked if
they don't have the time or interest to make the changes themselves.
- is there someone new who has the time to make the required changes?
At this time I do not believe the manifesto is too flexible with
respect to restrictive licensing (is that a good way to describe it?). If
there is a specific argument that you feel I have missed, please provide
me with the URL from the archive and I will review it.
thanks,
emma
--
Emma Jane Hogbin
I18N Coordinator, The Linux Documentation Project
www.tldp.org
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<type 'exceptions.IOError'> | Python 2.5.2: /usr/bin/python
Sat Jul 6 02:32:39 2024 |
A problem occurred in a Python script. Here is the sequence of
function calls leading up to the error, in the order they occurred.
| /opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/main.py in main() |
424
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425 if path is not None:
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426 main_path(path)
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427 else:
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428 main_form()
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| global main_form = <function main_form at 0x9b4dc6c> |
| /opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/main.py in main_form() |
378 except ImportError:
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379 die(ctxt, "Invalid command")
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380 module.do(ctxt)
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381
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382 def main():
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| module = <module 'commands.showmsg' from '/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/commands/showmsg.pyc'>, module.do = <function do at 0x9bb6d14>, global ctxt = {'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 15, 'HTTP_X_FORW...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'} |
| /opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/commands/showmsg.py in do(ctxt={'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 15, 'HTTP_X_FORW...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}) |
18 write(html('msg-pager') % ctxt)
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19 write('<hr>')
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20 sub_showmsg(ctxt, ctxt[MSGNUM])
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21 write('<hr>')
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22 write(html('msg-pager') % ctxt)
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| global sub_showmsg = <function sub_showmsg at 0x9b4d1ec>, ctxt = {'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 15, 'HTTP_X_FORW...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, global MSGNUM = 'msgnum' |
| /opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in sub_showmsg(ctxt={'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 15, 'HTTP_X_FORW...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, msgnum=8720) |
229 format_timestamp(ctxt, ctxt)
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230 write(html('msg-header') % ctxt)
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231 rec_showpart(ctxt, msg, 0)
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232 write(html('msg-footer') % ctxt)
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233 ctxt.pop()
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| global rec_showpart = <function rec_showpart at 0x9b4d1b4>, ctxt = {'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 15, 'HTTP_X_FORW...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, msg = <email.message.Message instance at 0x9bd4d4c> |
| /opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in rec_showpart(ctxt={'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 15, 'HTTP_X_FORW...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, part=<email.message.Message instance at 0x9bd4d4c>, partnum=1) |
205 else:
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206 for p in part.get_payload():
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207 partnum = rec_showpart(ctxt, p, partnum+1)
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208 else:
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209 write(html('msg-sep') % ctxt)
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| partnum = 1, global rec_showpart = <function rec_showpart at 0x9b4d1b4>, ctxt = {'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 15, 'HTTP_X_FORW...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, p = <email.message.Message instance at 0x9bd4fac> |
| /opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in rec_showpart(ctxt={'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 15, 'HTTP_X_FORW...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, part=<email.message.Message instance at 0x9bd4fac>, partnum=2) |
208 else:
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209 write(html('msg-sep') % ctxt)
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210 sub_showpart(ctxt, part)
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211 return partnum
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212
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| global sub_showpart = <function sub_showpart at 0x9b4d144>, ctxt = {'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 15, 'HTTP_X_FORW...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, part = <email.message.Message instance at 0x9bd4fac> |
| /opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in sub_showpart(ctxt={'cmd': 'showmsg', 'threadidx': 15, 'HTTP_X_FORW...HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING': 'gzip, br, zstd, deflate'}, part=<email.message.Message instance at 0x9bd4fac>) |
164 type = ctxt[TYPE] = part.get_content_type()
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165 ctxt[FILENAME] = part.get_filename()
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166 template = html('msg-' + type.replace('/', '-'))
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167 if not template:
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168 template = html('msg-' + type[:type.find('/')])
|
| global template = <function template at 0x9b45e9c>, global html = <function html at 0x9b45ed4>, type = 'application/pgp-signature', type.replace = <built-in method replace of str object at 0x9bda4b8> |
| /opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in html(name='msg-application-pgp-signature') |
40
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41 def html(name):
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42 return template(name + '.html')
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43
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44 def xml(name):
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| global template = <function template at 0x9b45e9c>, name = 'msg-application-pgp-signature' |
| /opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20/globalfns.py in template(filename='msg-application-pgp-signature.html') |
31 except IOError:
|
32 if not _template_zipfile:
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33 _template_zipfile = zipfile.ZipFile(sys.argv[0])
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34 try:
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35 f = _template_zipfile.open(n).read()
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| global _template_zipfile = None, global zipfile = <module 'zipfile' from '/usr/lib/python2.5/zipfile.pyc'>, zipfile.ZipFile = <class zipfile.ZipFile at 0x9adea7c>, global sys = <module 'sys' (built-in)>, sys.argv = ['-c', '/opt/ezmlm-browse-0.20'] |
| /usr/lib/python2.5/zipfile.py in __init__(self=<zipfile.ZipFile instance at 0x9bbca8c>, file='-c', mode='r', compression=0, allowZip64=False) |
337 self.filename = file
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338 modeDict = {'r' : 'rb', 'w': 'wb', 'a' : 'r+b'}
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339 self.fp = open(file, modeDict[mode])
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340 else:
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341 self._filePassed = 1
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| self = <zipfile.ZipFile instance at 0x9bbca8c>, self.fp = None, builtin open = <built-in function open>, file = '-c', modeDict = {'a': 'r+b', 'r': 'rb', 'w': 'wb'}, mode = 'r' |
<type 'exceptions.IOError'>: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '-c'
args =
(2, 'No such file or directory')
errno =
2
filename =
'-c'
message =
''
strerror =
'No such file or directory'
