Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-25 Thread Mike Noyes
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 08:56, Tom Eastep wrote: > Mike Noyes wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 08:48, Mike Noyes wrote: > >> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 07:26, Eric Spakman wrote: > >>> I don't know, a router/firewall is not really a good platform to read > >>> documentation... Maybe Erich's suggestion wil

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-25 Thread Tom Eastep
Mike Noyes wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 08:48, Mike Noyes wrote: >> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 07:26, Eric Spakman wrote: >>> I don't know, a router/firewall is not really a good platform to read >>> documentation... Maybe Erich's suggestion will work, creating some sort of >>> webconf plugin package

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Erich Titl
Hi KP KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 23. November 2006 16:16 schrieb Erich Titl: > > > But more important - there is no shorwall.lwp yet! And given the degree of complexity there may never be :-( > > >> I personally liked the documentation within the config files, as they >> p

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 23. November 2006 16:16 schrieb Erich Titl: > > Hi Erich; > >> Hi Folks >> >> let me please chime in >> >> Mike Noyes wrote: >> > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 01:38, Eric Spakman wrote: >> >> Ok, but back to the documentation issue. BU will always use the latest >

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread KP Kirchdoerfer
Am Donnerstag, 23. November 2006 16:16 schrieb Erich Titl: Hi Erich; > Hi Folks > > let me please chime in > > Mike Noyes wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 01:38, Eric Spakman wrote: > >> Ok, but back to the documentation issue. BU will always use the latest > >> stable shorewall version and even

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread KP Kirchdoerfer
Am Donnerstag, 23. November 2006 19:42 schrieb Mike Noyes: > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 08:48, Mike Noyes wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 07:26, Eric Spakman wrote: > > > I don't know, a router/firewall is not really a good platform to read > > > documentation... Maybe Erich's suggestion will work, cre

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Mike Noyes
On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 08:48, Mike Noyes wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 07:26, Eric Spakman wrote: > > I don't know, a router/firewall is not really a good platform to read > > documentation... Maybe Erich's suggestion will work, creating some sort of > > webconf plugin package (lwp) so the docs can

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Mike Noyes
On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 07:26, Eric Spakman wrote: > Hi Mike, > > > > > Eric, > > Ah. We are in agreement then, or I think so. Do you still plan on a > > "shordoc" package? > > > I don't know, a router/firewall is not really a good platform to read > documentation... Maybe Erich's suggestion will wo

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Eric Spakman
d from the files and will be replaced by manpages. This presents a problem for users of embedded distributions like Bering-uClibc who typically don't have access to manpages." Eric > > -Forwarded Message- > From: Tom Eastep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Eric Spakman <[

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Erich Titl
Hi Folks let me please chime in Mike Noyes wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 01:38, Eric Spakman wrote: >> Ok, but back to the documentation issue. BU will always use the latest >> stable shorewall version and even with an older version of BU it shouldn't >> be a big problem to update to the latest

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Mike Noyes
Or am I missing something? ;-) Eric, Ah. We are in agreement then, or I think so. Do you still plan on a "shordoc" package? The post by Tom to you made me believe Shorewall man pages were available for current Bering-uClibc releases. -Forwarded Message- From: Tom Eastep &l

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Eric Spakman
Hello Mike, > >> Ok, but back to the documentation issue. BU will always use the latest >> stable shorewall version and even with an older version of BU it >> shouldn't be a big problem to update to the latest shorewall (especially >> 3.0 >> onwards). Why duplicate the shorewall documentation on th

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Mike Noyes
On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 01:38, Eric Spakman wrote: > Ok, but back to the documentation issue. BU will always use the latest > stable shorewall version and even with an older version of BU it shouldn't > be a big problem to update to the latest shorewall (especially 3.0 > onwards). Why duplicate the s

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Eric Spakman
Hi Paul, >> What troubles me more is that Tom updates the documentation on his site to represent the state of the art in shorewall v5, and the currently shipping versions of LEAF or BU are using shorewall v3, our documentation will not match the code we're shipping. >>> >>> >>>

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Paul Traina
Eric Spakman wrote: > Hi Paul, > >>> What troubles me more is that Tom updates the documentation on his site >>> to represent the state of the art in shorewall v5, and the currently >>> shipping versions of LEAF or BU are using shorewall v3, our >>> documentation will not match the code we're shi

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-23 Thread Eric Spakman
Hi Paul, >> What troubles me more is that Tom updates the documentation on his site >> to represent the state of the art in shorewall v5, and the currently >> shipping versions of LEAF or BU are using shorewall v3, our >> documentation will not match the code we're shipping. > > There is no shor

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 16:56, Paul Traina wrote: > Mike Noyes wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 14:50, Paul Traina wrote: > >> Mike Noyes wrote: > >>> I believe, an even better solution is using DocBook XInclude from LEAF > >>> to the Shorewall site. This is only possible if you're using DocBook XML

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 14:50, Paul Traina wrote: > Mike Noyes wrote: > > I believe, an even better solution is using DocBook XInclude from LEAF > > to the Shorewall site. This is only possible if you're using DocBook XML > > to generate man pages, and the docbook xml source is > > available via uri

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-22 Thread Paul Traina
Mike Noyes wrote: > I believe, an even better solution is using DocBook XInclude from LEAF > to the Shorewall site. This is only possible if you're using DocBook XML > to generate man pages, and the docbook xml source is > available via uri. > The only problem with that idea that I can think of,

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 14:39, Mike Noyes wrote: > On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 09:10, Paul Traina wrote: > > Mike Noyes wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 11:30, Mike Noyes wrote: > > >> We have a location in cvs for man pages, and output them daily for our > > >> documentation build. All someone needs to

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 09:09, Paul Traina wrote: > Mike Noyes wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 10:22, Tom Eastep wrote: > >> The documentation contained in Shorewall configuration files has always > >> presented an upgrade dilema for users: "Do I spend time merging the new > >> documentation or do I

Re: [leaf-devel] Documentation in Shorewall Configuration Files

2006-11-22 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 09:10, Paul Traina wrote: > Mike Noyes wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 11:30, Mike Noyes wrote: > >> We have a location in cvs for man pages, and output them daily for our > >> documentation build. All someone needs to do is add them to our > >> repository. > >> > >> http://l