Re: DONE.

[Clark G. <ga...@di...>]

Lars Hecking wrote:
>>>ftp://ftp.gnuplot.info/pub/gnuplot/faq/
>>>...it is still the old version
>>
>>I believe this is mirrored from lars's ftp repository.  Again, I'd be 
>>inclined to go with one-stop-shopping and point to
>> http://www.gnuplot.info/faq
> 
> 
>  Yep - the faq directory from the ftp site is gone; it wasn't quite up to
>  date anyway.
> 
>  I will remove the UCC web site; or should I instead set up a mirror from
>  SF/gnuplot.info? I need to keep the ftp site, though.

I'd prefer we not do mirrors of mirrors of non-canonicals.  [Only a native 
English speaker could murder the language thusly!]  I like the mirroring to 
canonical approach, as it gives us 0-30 minutes of staging to see if we 
broke something.  We should point other mirrors and users to gnuplot.info 
and use sf as a staging/testing area for ourselves [poor-man's change 
management].

I do have oldwww.gnuplot.info set up in case we need it for historical 
purposes.  I'll maintain this on a "best-effort" basis.

Since we do not have ftp from sf anymore, using your ftp as the staging area 
has been useful.  I would prefer that we get this on sf, perhaps in the 
/htdocs/files or /htdocs/ftp directory, then mirror that to 
ftp://ftp.gnuplot.info/pub/gnuplot.  I don't mind mirroring with http to the 
ftp repository.

Don't know if anyone noticed, but there are other /pub directories; in 
particular gnuplot-historical, into which we should probably put something 
from the pre-4.0 [3.7 or 3.8-ish?] era.  If anyone has their favorite golden 
pre-4.0 build they would care to nominate, I will be happy to throw it into 
-historical.  Take a look at what is there and see if you think there is any 
other build you consider so worthy.  Btw, if anyone would care to write a 
little "historical background" document with a synopsis of each of those 
builds, that would be a worthy contribution.  Similarly, we could add a FAQ 
item with a link to these historical releases.

--ckg