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<h1 class="title"><a name="AEN2"></a>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</h1>
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<b>Issue Number :</b> 17<br>
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<b>Publication Date :</b> 2005-03-27<br>
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<dt class="c1">Table of Contents</dt>
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<dt>1. <a href="#tldp-world-news">News in The LDP world</a></dt>
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<dt>2. <a href="#tldp-discussions">Discussions on The LDP lists</a></dt>
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<dt>3. <a href="#updated-docs">Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</a></dt>
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<dt>4. <a href="#tldp-mirrors">Mirror information update</a></dt>
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<dt>5. <a href="#tldp-contribute">The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-world-news"></a>1. News in The LDP world</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">TLDP Process Flowcharts<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Machtelt Garrels updated The <a href="http://tille.xalasys.com/training/tldp/flowcharts.php" target="_top">LDP process flowcharts</a> based on the comments that she received
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from various peopled who looked at the earlier versions.</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">IPMI on Linux HOWTO<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">In case you are looking for Tim Small's IPMI on Linux HOWTO at <a href="http://buttersideup.com/docs/howto/IPMI_on_Debian.html" target=
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"_top">http://buttersideup.com/docs/howto/IPMI_on_Debian.html</a> but cannot get the document, Greg Ferguson has uploaded a copy to <a href="http://ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/IPMI_on_Debian.html" target=
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"_top">http://ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/IPMI_on_Debian.html</a>. Review comments on the document may be sent to Tim Small.</span></p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-discussions"></a>2. Discussions on The LDP lists</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Understanding The Linux Kernel Initcall Mechanism<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Machtelt Garrels, in response to an email on the <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>></tt> mailing list, wrote to Trevor
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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 <a href=
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"http://geek.vtnet.ca/docs.html" target="_top">http://geek.vtnet.ca/docs.html</a>, <a href="http://geek.vtnet.ca/doc/initcall/index.html" target=
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"_top">http://geek.vtnet.ca/doc/initcall/index.html</a> and <a href="http://geek.vtnet.ca/doc/initcall/initcall.tar.bz2" target="_top">http://geek.vtnet.ca/doc/initcall/initcall.tar.bz2</a>. Rahul
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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
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good thing to do.</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Bug Reporting System For The LDP?<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Stein Gjoen pointed out that Tim Small did not get any feedback on his IPMI on Linux (specifically Debian) HOWTO at <a href=
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"http://buttersideup.com/docs/howto/IPMI_on_Debian.html" target="_top">http://buttersideup.com/docs/howto/IPMI_on_Debian.html</a>. Stein suggested a few improvements to the LDP process to not let
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proposals slip by. Y Giridhar Appaji Nag said that the process would be easy if The LDP had a bug tracking system.</span></p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="updated-docs"></a>3. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Ian Hakes and Rory Hinton's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DB2-HOWTO/" target="_top">DB2 Universe Database Version 8.2 for Linux HOWTO</a> has been updated to v1.1.3. In
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this version, they added Red Hat Enterprise 4 instructions and corrected minor cross-reference link issues.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">David Horton's <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Pocket-Linux-Guide/html/" target="_top">Pocket Linux Guide</a> has been updated to v3.1 with minor clarifications and
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spelling corrections.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The Linux Professional Institute / Sheldon Rose's <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Media-Guide/html/" target="_top">Guide to Managing Media and Public Relations in
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the Linux Community</a> has been updated to v1.1 to correct links and update the copyright notice.</span></li>
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</ul>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-mirrors"></a>4. Mirror information update</h1>
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<p>The following are the latest additions to our <a href="http://www.tldp.org/mirrors.html" target="_top">list of mirrors</a>:</p>
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<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ldp/" target="_top">http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ldp/</a> and <a href="ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ldp/" target=
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"_top">ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ldp/</a> 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
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dotsrc.org now and moving to newer (and more) servers.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-contribute"></a>5. The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</h1>
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<p><a href="http://tldp.org/" target="_top">The Linux Documentation Project</a> (TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to
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help TLDP, consider joining <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org">discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org</a>></tt> (a low volume discussion mailing list). You can also send
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your suggestions to <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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<p>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
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mailbox, subscribe to the <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:news-subscribe@en.tldp.org">news-subscribe@en.tldp.org</a>></tt> mailing list. Back issues are available at <a href=
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"http://tldp.org/ldpwn" target="_top">http://tldp.org/ldpwn</a></p>
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<p>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
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<tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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