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+ + 2005 + 17 + The Linux Documentation Project + 2005-03-27 + The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News + + + +News in The LDP world + + + + + +TLDP Process Flowcharts + +Machtelt Garrels updated The LDP process +flowcharts based on the comments that she received from various +peopled who looked at the eariler versions. + + + + + +IPMI on Linux HOWTO + +In case you are looking for Tim Small's IPMI on Linux HOWTO at +http://buttersideup.com/docs/howto/IPMI_on_Debian.html +but cannot get the document, Greg Ferguson has uploaded a copy to http://ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/IPMI_on_Debian.html. +Review comments on the document may be sent to Tim Small. + + + + + + + + +Discussions on The LDP lists + + + + + +Understanding The Linux Kernel Initcall Mechanism + +Machtelt Garrels, in response to an email on the +feedback@en.tldp.org mailing list, wrote to Trevor +Woerner asking him if he was interested in contributing a document that +he wrote to The LDP and explained the process of submission. Trevor +responded with pointers to his work http://geek.vtnet.ca/docs.html, +http://geek.vtnet.ca/doc/initcall/index.html +and http://geek.vtnet.ca/doc/initcall/initcall.tar.bz2. +Rahul Sundaram posted his comments on the draft version, and Trevor +indicated that he would post a revised version shortly. Machtelt +indicated that being proactive and inviting authors to LDP is probably a +good thing to do. + + + + + +Bug Reporting System For The LDP? + +Stein Gjoen pointed out that Tim Small did not get any feedback on +his IPMI on Linux (specifically Debian) HOWTO at http://buttersideup.com/docs/howto/IPMI_on_Debian.html. +Stein suggested a few improvements to the LDP process to not let +proposals slip by. Y Giridhar Appaji Nag said that the process would be +easy if The LDP had a bug tracking system. + + + + + + + + +Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides + + + +Ian Hakes and Rory Hinton's DB2 Universe Database Version 8.2 +for Linux HOWTO has been updated to v1.1.3. In this version, +they added Red Hat Enterprise 4 instructions and corrected minor +cross-reference link issues. + +David Horton's Pocket Linux +Guide has been updated to v3.1 with minor clarifications and +spelling corrections. + +The Linux Professional Institute / Sheldon Rose's Guide to Managing Media and Public Relations in the Linux +Community has been updated to v1.1 to correct links and +update the copyright notice. + + + + + + +Mirror information update + +The following are the latest additions to our list of mirrors: + + + +http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ldp/ +and ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ldp/ +maintained by mirror@dotsrc.org in Aalborg, Denmark and updated daily. +This is the result of a re-organization at sunsite.dk, with them being +called as dotsrc.org now and moving to newer (and more) servers. + + + + + + + +The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO + +The Linux Documentation Project +(TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the +GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to help TLDP, consider joining +discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org (a low volume discussion mailing +list). You can also send your suggestions to +feedback@en.tldp.org. + +The LDP Weekly News is compiled, edited and published by Machtelt Garrels +(Tille) and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag (Giri) with help from several other people. +To receive this newsletter weekly in your mailbox, subscribe to the +news-subscribe@en.tldp.org mailing list. Back issues are +available at http://tldp.org/ldpwn + + +Help us create this newsletter. We need volunteers who follow the +community (mailing lists, newsgroups, web channels) and report events related +to free software documentation. Write to us at +feedback@en.tldp.org. + + + +