Preface

ChangeLog

3.1-2004-06-05 - Jube 5th, 2004

  • June 5th, 2004 [jwrober]: Updates from Kevin Fleming.

  • June 4th, 2004 [jwrober]: Added missing elem_include element.

  • June 4th, 2004 [jwrober]: Following other suggestions from Richard Downing's proofreading; modified the contruction "this allows one to..." to "this allows you to...".

  • June 3rd, 2004 [jwrober]: Applied patch with some modifications from Richard Downing's proofreading.

  • May 31st, 2004 [jwrober]: Removed Unused XML Tags from the source.

  • May 29th, 2004 [jwrober]: With some help from Manuel Canales Esparcia, modified the no-chunks xsl file to support inline css styling.

  • May 29th, 2004 [jwrober]: Upgraded to DocBook v4.3 and some other little nagging bugs fixes in the render.

  • May 28th, 2004 [jwrober]: Updated in elem_patch to include element prefix -- Bug 766.

  • May 28th, 2004 [jwrober]: Updated in elem_make to include element prefix -- Bug 764.

  • May 28th, 2004 [jwrober]: Updated in elem_execute to include element prefix -- Bug 762.

  • May 28th, 2004 [jwrober]: Updated in elem_configure and elem_prefix for correct bash examples -- Bug 757.

  • May 28th, 2004 [jwrober]: Filled in elem_prefix page -- Bug 802.

  • May 28th, 2004 [jwrober]: Updated alfs.css the rest of the element files to support better formatting of examples.

  • May 28th, 2004 [jwrober]: Cleaned up elem_archive, elem_configure, elem_copy, elem_description, elem_destination, elem_digest, elem_download, elem_environment, elem_execute, elem_file, elem_find, elem_item, elem_link, elem_list, elem_make, elem_mkdir, elem_move, elem_name, elem_ownership, elem_package, elem_packageinfo, elem_para, elem_param, elem_patch, elem_permissions, elem_remove, elem_replace, elem_requires, elem_search_replace, elem_source, elem_stage, elem_stageinfo, elem_target, elem_textdump, elem_url, elem_user, elem_utilizes, elem_variable.

  • April 2nd, 2004 [jwrober]: Cleaned up elem_alfs, elem_archive, elem_base, elem_configure, and part of elem_stageinfo.

  • April 2nd, 2004 [jwrober]: Added more formatting to the XML DTD intro page to match conventions.

  • April 2nd, 2004 [jwrober]: Added note to the conventions page.

  • March 30th, 2004 [jwrober]: Removed the implementation specific information in elem_unpack -- Bug 768.

  • March 30th, 2004 [jwrober]: Removed the note about elem_digest and elem_reference being deprecated in the DTD -- Bug 767.

  • March 30th, 2004 [jwrober]: Added info about the parents option to elem_mkdir -- Bug 765.

  • March 30th, 2004 [jwrober]: Finished the XML and DTD syntax intro -- Bug 784.

  • March 15th, 2004 [jwrober]: Added more to the XML and DTD syntax intro -- Bug 784.

  • March 14th, 2004 [jwrober]: Added an initial stab at an XML and DTD syntax intro -- Bug 784.

  • February 23rd, 2004 [jwrober]: Finished the elem_download description -- Bug 760.

  • February 23rd, 2004 [jwrober]: Finished the elem_url description -- Bug 769.

  • February 23rd, 2004 [jwrober]: Finished the elem_digest description -- Bug 759.

  • February 23rd, 2004 [jwrober]: Fixed elem_copy description -- Bug 758.

  • February 23rd, 2004 [jwrober]: Fixed wierd character in acknowledgements page -- Bug 755.

  • February 22nd, 2004 [jwrober]: Finished a first pass over the rest of the elements.

  • November 5th, 2003 [jwrober]: Added elem_prefix.

  • November 5th, 2003 [jwrober]: Updated elem_configure, elem_copy, elem_description to match the DTD and standardized to the rest of the doc.

  • November 4th, 2003 [jwrober]: Updated elem_alfs, elem_archive, elem_base to match the DTD; also began the element standardization with the elem_alfs element's page.

  • November 3rd, 2003 [jwrober]: Standardized headings.

  • November 3rd, 2003 [jwrober]: Updated acknowledgements, conventions and general preface pages.

  • September 30th, 2003 [jwrober]: Added an alfs_dtd intro page.

  • September 26th, 2003 [jwrober]: Modified the header of each page to conform with the DocBook rules that the LFS and BLFS books use (for consistency).

  • September 24th, 2003 [jwrober]: Removed all references to nALFS, moved files to the ALFS/docs from the ALFS/nALFS/doc moudule in CVS.

  • September 22nd, 2003 [jwrober]: Various changes to file locations and began standardizing document look and feel like the LFS and BLFS Books.

  • September 18th, 2003 [vdzuba]: Reorganized the document, now split into small chunks.

  • February 20th, 2003 [vdzuba]: Added the elements if, then and else.

  • February 5th, 2003 [vdzuba]: Added an option to link and added element version.

  • January 19th, 2003 [vdzuba]: Upgraded to version 3.1 of the DTD.

  • January 8th, 2003 [vdzuba]: Replaced "option?" by "option*" in copy.

  • December 5th, 2002 [vdzuba]: Added bash script equivalent to all examples.

  • October 22nd, 2002 [vdzuba]: Replaced "parent" with "parents" in mkdir.

  • October 21st, 2002 [vdzuba]: Added element digest.

  • October 13th, 2002 [vdzuba]: Make attribute append of variable optional.

  • September 5th, 2002 [vdzuba]: Added chapter with syntax.

  • May 7th, 2002 [highos]: Initial structure.