Web pages (was: GCC museum?)

[Rich Churcher]

On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Rich Churcher wrote:
> > A link to cvs.html under the Submitting Patches heading in
> > contribute.html wouldn't hurt.
> 
> Hmm, there is already a link to "CVS repository" there, do you think
> we should make the link more prominent?

Whups, so there is... I thought that went somewhere else.  Already you
can see how reliable and error-free I am ;o)   Perhaps pointing this to
cvswrite/checkin.html might be more useful.


> >>  . Should we unify some of these pages? For example, cvs.html and
> >>    cvswrite.html?
> > I think it would be a good idea to merge cvswrite.html and
> > contribute.html, which cover similar territory.
> 
> Sounds like a good idea to me!
> 
> But you did mean to write cvswrite.html and checkin.html, didn't you?

Yes *sigh*  :o)

 
> > That's me :o)  I find it easy enough to follow.  One thing I did find
> > a wee bit excessive was the description of a cvs check-in under
> > "Example check-in session" in checkin.html.  While this was very
> > useful, I suggest providing a separate page and linking to it.  But
> > then, my preference for web pages is bite-sized pieces [...]
> 
> Perhaps we can keep it at the very end of the unified
> cvswrite+contribute.html page and add a small index at the beginning
> of the page, something like the following?
> 
>  <A HREF="heading1">Heading 1</A> | <A HREF="heading2">Heading 2</A>...

Sure, I'll take care of that.

 
> > A general comment on presentation: I think it would make sense for
> > these pages to move towards white backgrounds, black text.  Some are,
> > some aren't, and it looks wierd.
> 
> Yes, yes, and yes. Indeed that's what I am currently working on. :-)
>   http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/1999-12/msg00968.html
> 
> Let's make a deal: I take care of this issue, and you attack our cvs
> web pages. ;-)

:o)  It's a deal.

Cheers,

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Rich
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