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  • From: Jonathan Ah Kit <ahkitj AT greta.electric.gen.nz>
  • To: Doctor Fun website changes list <dr-fun-changes AT lists.electric.gen.nz>
  • Subject: [dr-fun-changes] http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ has changed.
  • Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 08:01:02 +1200

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< August 11, 2003 - All the stuff described below has been done.
<
< July 24, 2003 - Hi everybody! In about two weeks, which would
< be about August 8, we will be moving things around a little,
< and putting all the Doctor Fun files into the /public/html
< directory tree on ibiblio. The name of the root directory will
< still be "/Dave" in order not to break a gazillion (I wish)
< bookmarks and links, but now the rest of the Doctor Fun files
< will actually hang off the /Dave directory and there will be
< no more wacky recursive symbolic links between the /Dave
< directory and the /ftp directories. Ftp access to Doctor Fun
< on ibiblio will be discontinued. At last look, we were getting
< about 90 ftp transactions per day compared to about 40K http
< transactions in the /Dr-Fun directory. If you are one of those
< 90 transactions, I apologize, and hope you will be able to get
< the file through http. Keep in mind some mirror sites may
< continue to run ftp, and there's nothing wrong with that - it
< just doesn't seem to be the right place for it at ibiblio
< anymore (ftp access at ibiblio is mostly geared to software
< distros and stuff like that). Also, if you are reading the
< pages through the recursive directory /Dave/Dr-Fun/html...,
< that particular "copy" of the html directory will disappear,
< but it was never really there to begin with.
<
< If you have a mirror site, you will need to use rsync to get
< your daily updates. I don't know that much about this business
< myself, having never had to set up a mirror site (I rely so
< much on the kindness of strangers...), but I'm told it's
< pretty easy to do, and light on the bandwidth and all those
< good things, etc. A sample command for mirroring Doctor Fun
< would be:
<
< $ rsync -av ibiblio.org::Dr-Fun/ /path/to/local/mirror/dir
<
< The rsync man page is here.
<
< I am hopeful that the mirror sites that are updating (some
< seem to be a little sporadic, but I appreciate the thought)
< will continue to mirror using rsync. There might be other ways
< to do it using http, but that is up to you.
<
< If you are not mirroring Doctor Fun and are simply one of my
< cherished readers, you will not see any change at all.
<
< Thanks ot Adrianne at ibiblio for helping me with this.
< Adrianne also set up a second area for some of the files on
< the /Dr-Fun tree. I will be moving some of the extraneous
< stuff, like the running pictures to this area so that mirror
< sites don't need to pick these things up if all they want is
< the cartoons. In fact, I might add more silly things that
< don't belong under the /Dr-Fun directory and everybody will be
< a winner.
<
< July 21, 2003
< * Stay tuned for an announcement about mirroring and Doctor
< Fun file locations. We are either going to move to using
< rsync, and put all the Doctor Fun files in the html branch
< of ibiblio (meaning ftp access goes away), or put the html
< files in the /Dave/Dr-Fun directory so that this hated
< recursive symbolic link that makes people think the files
< aren't updating goes away. If you have an opinion about
< this, let me know. Thanks.
< * Tardy on the logo again.
< * Happy Birthday, Mom!
<
< July 9, 2003, I've eliminated the bizarro linkage between the
< /html file under /Dr-Fun/html and /Dr-Fun, which maybe used to
< be useful but now causes nothing but problems. If this has
< messed up your mirroring, contact me and I'll, um, do
< something, I'm not sure what.
<
< July 1, 2003, for no particularly good reason other than to
< have a news item, and because I suppose it keeps me fit to
< draw more cartoons, I've updated the running pictures to
< include two more races, one recent, and one from last summer.
< Not much of an explanation for either of them, except you can
< follow the pictures from start to finish. If you like this
< sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you might like.
< * 2003 Kettle Moraine 100-mile/100K Endurance Runs. I made
< it all the way through the 100-miler.
< * 2002 Iceland Ultramarathon (55K).
<
< June 16, 2003, haven't forgot the the logo - busy, busy -
< you're still getting the new cartoons.
<
< June 9, 2003, due to a little scheduling problem, I didn't
< update the cartoon Monday, but there is no break this week.
< New logo soon.
<
< June 6, 2003, next Monday's cartoon will be updated late,
< probably Monday afternoon my time, but there will be new
< cartoons next week - no break.
<
< June 2, 2003, my as it turns out not-very-trusty Sony VAIO pen
< tablet computer suddenly crapped out on me due to an expensive
< and proprietary cable that breaks, however this should not
< interrupt production. Back to the old ways...
---
> September 1, 2003, Doctor Fun will be on break for two
> (hopefully only two) weeks starting next week.
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< Is Doctor Fun Copyright (c) 2002 David Farley?
---
> Is Doctor Fun Copyright (c) 2003 David Farley?
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> August 11, 2003 - All the stuff described below has been done.
>
> July 24, 2003 - Hi everybody! In about two weeks, which would
> be about August 8, we will be moving things around a little,
> and putting all the Doctor Fun files into the /public/html
> directory tree on ibiblio. The name of the root directory will
> still be "/Dave" in order not to break a gazillion (I wish)
> bookmarks and links, but now the rest of the Doctor Fun files
> will actually hang off the /Dave directory and there will be
> no more wacky recursive symbolic links between the /Dave
> directory and the /ftp directories. Ftp access to Doctor Fun
> on ibiblio will be discontinued. At last look, we were getting
> about 90 ftp transactions per day compared to about 40K http
> transactions in the /Dr-Fun directory. If you are one of those
> 90 transactions, I apologize, and hope you will be able to get
> the file through http. Keep in mind some mirror sites may
> continue to run ftp, and there's nothing wrong with that - it
> just doesn't seem to be the right place for it at ibiblio
> anymore (ftp access at ibiblio is mostly geared to software
> distros and stuff like that). Also, if you are reading the
> pages through the recursive directory /Dave/Dr-Fun/html...,
> that particular "copy" of the html directory will disappear,
> but it was never really there to begin with.
>
> If you have a mirror site, you will need to use rsync to get
> your daily updates. I don't know that much about this business
> myself, having never had to set up a mirror site (I rely so
> much on the kindness of strangers...), but I'm told it's
> pretty easy to do, and light on the bandwidth and all those
> good things, etc. A sample command for mirroring Doctor Fun
> would be:
>
> $ rsync -av ibiblio.org::Dr-Fun/ /path/to/local/mirror/dir
>
> The rsync man page is here.
>
> I am hopeful that the mirror sites that are updating (some
> seem to be a little sporadic, but I appreciate the thought)
> will continue to mirror using rsync. There might be other ways
> to do it using http, but that is up to you.
>
> If you are not mirroring Doctor Fun and are simply one of my
> cherished readers, you will not see any change at all.
>
> Thanks ot Adrianne at ibiblio for helping me with this.
> Adrianne also set up a second area for some of the files on
> the /Dr-Fun tree. I will be moving some of the extraneous
> stuff, like the running pictures to this area so that mirror
> sites don't need to pick these things up if all they want is
> the cartoons. In fact, I might add more silly things that
> don't belong under the /Dr-Fun directory and everybody will be
> a winner.
>
> July 21, 2003
> * Stay tuned for an announcement about mirroring and Doctor
> Fun file locations. We are either going to move to using
> rsync, and put all the Doctor Fun files in the html branch
> of ibiblio (meaning ftp access goes away), or put the html
> files in the /Dave/Dr-Fun directory so that this hated
> recursive symbolic link that makes people think the files
> aren't updating goes away. If you have an opinion about
> this, let me know. Thanks.
> * Tardy on the logo again.
> * Happy Birthday, Mom!
>
> July 9, 2003, I've eliminated the bizarro linkage between the
> /html file under /Dr-Fun/html and /Dr-Fun, which maybe used to
> be useful but now causes nothing but problems. If this has
> messed up your mirroring, contact me and I'll, um, do
> something, I'm not sure what.
>
> July 1, 2003, for no particularly good reason other than to
> have a news item, and because I suppose it keeps me fit to
> draw more cartoons, I've updated the running pictures to
> include two more races, one recent, and one from last summer.
> Not much of an explanation for either of them, except you can
> follow the pictures from start to finish. If you like this
> sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you might like.
> * 2003 Kettle Moraine 100-mile/100K Endurance Runs. I made
> it all the way through the 100-miler.
> * 2002 Iceland Ultramarathon (55K).
>
> June 16, 2003, haven't forgot the the logo - busy, busy -
> you're still getting the new cartoons.
>
> June 9, 2003, due to a little scheduling problem, I didn't
> update the cartoon Monday, but there is no break this week.
> New logo soon.
>
> June 6, 2003, next Monday's cartoon will be updated late,
> probably Monday afternoon my time, but there will be new
> cartoons next week - no break.
>
> June 2, 2003, my as it turns out not-very-trusty Sony VAIO pen
> tablet computer suddenly crapped out on me due to an expensive
> and proprietary cable that breaks, however this should not
> interrupt production. Back to the old ways...
>





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