Re: wml issues, divert stuff and upgrade to wml2
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 11:53:47AM -0600, Anthony Fok wrote:
> > I noticed Anthony's changes to templates made all the pages look bad under
> > wml2, so I fixed it. What I noticed later is that the change makes the pages
> > look bad under wml1. >:< We could probably avoid this problem by undoing the
> > initial changes, I guess...
>
> Sorry, I didn't anticipate that my changes would create problems
> for the wml2 migration ("{#mainbody:" vs. "{#mainbody#:").
> I was hoping that the "{#mainbody:" syntax is faster than "..mainbody>>",
> and that it is only a small change from that to wml_2.x's syntax.
Yeah, well, things never turn out the good way :/
> BTW, what is the plan for the migration from wml_1.7.4 to wml_2.0.x?
> e.g. timeframe, which machine (master or lully or some other?),
> anything that we should note, and anything that we could help with...
"It's all been done" :)
> > Anyway, I also noticed this in the daily build log:
> > Nine and a half hours. :(
>
> Where may I find the build log? (Sorry, it is probably a FAQ... :-)
See /org/www.debian.org/cron/README on master.debian.org.
> > So I got wml 2.0.2 installed on master (hi Thing :) and am starting a
> > rebuild now. The package can be found in woody, and it installs fine on
> > potato machines. Considering everyone should be using potato nowadays
> > because it is the release named stable, this shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Great! Yes, whenever you want to make the switch to WML 2.x, just
> let us know, and we'll switch right over. :-)
:) This may be a little annoying to people still using slink etc, but the
upgrade is a good thing to do, honestly.
> Hmm... if possible, it would be really nice to have WML 2.x in
> Debian 2.2rev1. :-)
I somehow doubt that could happen...
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