[Savannah-hackers] Re: www: GIF files

[Leonard H. Tower Jr.]

Hi GNUers,

0) I helped write http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html.

1) JPEG is a better format to use then PNG.  All browsers display
JPEG.  Many browsers do not display PNG.  In this case, it's more
important to communicate, then spread the word.

2A) My project "http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/www/"; is the whole
site, and all the files you list are really controlled by others.

2B) There are others in the project team.  Did they get this e-mail?
It be less confusing, if you made who got the message clear!

3) Converting the files is NOT sufficient,  You also have to change
all references to it in the *.html files and elsewhere.  You make no
note of this need.  You also offer no tools to help make the job
easier.

4) Did you test this out on just one project first?  Or did you do
them all?  Testing is as important for web site maintenance as it is
for software development and maintanence.

best -len

Re:

From: address@hidden
Subject: www: GIF files
To: address@hidden
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 12:50:48 -0500

    Hi,

    Could you please remove the following GIF files from the project
www hosted on the GNU machines ? 

    For an explanation on why there are not GIF files on the GNU
machines read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html. This policy was
established years ago by the GNU project and is an integral part of
the requirements for every project registering on savannah.gnu.org
(see http://savannah.gnu.org/register/requirements.php).

    The home page of your project is 
      http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/www/

    You can convert GIF files to PNG using the gif2png program.
      http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/gif2png/gif2png-2.4.2.tar.gz

    Here is a sample script to convert the GIF files that are in
your web pages to PNG.

    export CVS_RSH=ssh
    cvs -d address@hidden:/webcvs co 
    cd 

    while read file 
    do
        gif2png -O $file.gif
        cvs delete -f $file.gif
        cvs add $file.png
    done <<'EOF'
software/cfengine/cfconsole/cfconsole
software/cfengine/cfengine-NT/img1
software/cfengine/cfengine-NT/img2
software/cfengine/cfengine-NT/img3
software/cfengine/cfengine-NT/img4
software/cfengine/cfengine-NT/l2h22381/img1
software/cfengine/cfengine-NT/l2h22543/img2
software/cfengine/cfengine-NT/l2h22543/img3
software/cfengine/cfengine-NT/l2h22543/img4
software/gnumeric/gnumeric3
software/gnumeric/gnumeric4
software/gnumeric/gnumeric5
software/gnumeric/gnumeric6
software/gnumeric/gnumeric7
software/gnumeric/gnumeric8
software/lilypond/docxx/down
software/lilypond/docxx/icon1
software/lilypond/docxx/icon2
software/lilypond/docxx/logo
software/mswordview/mswordview
software/nosql/NoSQL
EOF
    cvs commit -m 'Convert GIF to PNG'

        Thanks for your help,

        The GNU volunteers, address@hidden