New Spanish coodinators

1999-09-10 Thread Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona
Hi! This is just a quick note to introduce myself (Jesús) and Eugenio, the new coordinators for the Spanish translation of the Debian web. Perhaps you'll get in the near future a more complete description of ourselves, but for now, let's start with a question. When Javier (the

Re: a possible glimpse replacement

1999-09-10 Thread James A. Treacy
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 03:43:51PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: http://www.mds.rmit.edu.au/mg/ Only the list archives use glimpse. There is an contact address at the bottom of the Lists-Archives page. I'll look into using it for the web pages though. Jay Treacy

On the logo page:

1999-09-10 Thread peter karlsson
From the logos page: Please note, the graphics are not yet available. However, the xfig files should be updated along with this page. Perhaps that should be removed? -- \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ When answering to mailing list or news posting, please do not Cc me personally.

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread peter karlsson
I've done the changes, and just want to be cleared to commit it: navbar.wml: * Removes the Debian Logo alt text, replacing it with an empty string, which is better. * Makes the ALT text Debian Project translatable common_translation.wml: * Change Debian GNU/Linux to Debian Project in the

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread peter karlsson
I've done the changes, and just want to be cleared to commit it: Just a thought, almost all pages say Debian GNU/Linux -- something as their title, and GNU/Linux is also mentioned in all meta description tags (why the heck *all* the pages have the same description is beyond me, though). Perhaps

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 07:56:23PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: navbar.wml: * Removes the Debian Logo alt text, replacing it with an empty string, which is better. Why an empty string? IMHO something like ALT=[swirl] would be fine, and non-intrusive. -- enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread James A. Treacy
On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 08:03:14PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: I've done the changes, and just want to be cleared to commit it: What you described in the previous message sounds good. Commit it. Just a thought, almost all pages say Debian GNU/Linux -- something as their title, and

Bug#44811: search_packages.pl creates bogus links

1999-09-10 Thread Klaus Weide
Package: www.debian.org Version: N/A Apparently the script invoked by (for example) http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=lynx; searchon=namesversion=allrelease=all uses the Referer HTTP header, if it is being sent, to construct the links in the returned page. I assume

Bug#44812: Perl scripts are mis-identified as Polish

1999-09-10 Thread Klaus Weide
Package: www.debian.org Version: N/A For example, after requesting http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=lynx; searchon=namesversion=allrelease=all: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 19:29:46 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.3 (Unix) Debian/GNU

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 12:21:32AM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: Why an empty string? IMHO something like ALT=[swirl] would be fine, and non-intrusive. ALT specifies what replaces the image when it cannot be displayed. It should *not* be a description of the picture, unless the

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread Darren Benham
I disagree... empty alt tags are MORE evil than no alt tag at all. With company logo or swirl you *know* what the image would have been and you *know* it carries nothing useful/no reason to try to get it via some other means because there might be some important or intersting information on it.

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 12:48:51AM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: ALT specifies what replaces the image when it cannot be displayed. It should *not* be a description of the picture, unless the description is relevant to the rest of the text. I disagree. How is this a matter

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 11:55:04PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: Still, I don't agree this is meaningless ALT text nor that the ALT should be left empty. Call me a lunatic. Would you specify a nonempty alt attribute on the proverbial green line across the screen? ALT=[Green Line Across the

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread Darren Benham
On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 12:54:19AM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 02:33:44PM -0700, Darren Benham wrote: I disagree... How is this a matter of opinion? Putting ALT tags, empty alt tags, no alt tags, filled alt tags won't cause pages not to load... empty

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread peter karlsson
With empty ALT, graphics-less browsing people wouldn't know that there is a logo there. * The important thing with the logo is to indicate that it's a Debian page. AND * The important thing with the Debian text graphic is to indicate that it's a Debian page. IMPLIES * The ALT text

Re: debian gnu/linux

1999-09-10 Thread peter karlsson
I've done the changes, and just want to be cleared to commit it: What you described in the previous message sounds good. Commit it. Done. NOTE TO OTHER TRANSLATORS: Please translate the new string in navbar.wml, and the new wording of returnline in common_translation.wml. Leave the meta