Hi > > Some of the HOWTOs are absurdly out-of-date, > while others are extremely good. Yes. LDP is already aware of this. If you have complaints on any specific howto they should be reported to the author and cc'ed to discuss@xxxxxxxxxxx if you want everyone to take a look at it. You can read about whats happening every week here http://tldp.org/ldpwn/latest.html RSS feed: http://www.karakas-online.de/myServices/rssify.php?url=http://tldp.org/ldpwn/latest.html > > Wouldn't it be possible to introduce a rule > that if a HOWTO has not been modified for say a year > (and the modification need only consist of a change > in the date) > then it is removed from the archive, > or as you say put in an "obsolete" directory? Its not so simple. We have a general rule that every document should go through a review each year. It would be more helpful if we get more volunteers to review the whole set and do it periodically. Some of the reviewers are already doing this. For certain kinds of documents like the unix and internet fundamentals howto for example DO NOT require a frequent update and hence should not be automatically moved into the obsolete directory > > I'd suggest too that every HOWTO should have a date > in the heading, > and an email address for the author. > Most do have this, but some don't. Yes. It should. The published date as well as every change should have a date associated with it. Again if you have specific information please email the author as well as the tldp list regards Rahul Sundaram __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
