diff --git a/www/index.pl b/www/index.pl index 7b51c0e..535c200 100755 --- a/www/index.pl +++ b/www/index.pl @@ -54,12 +54,18 @@ sub home { my $self = shift; $self->htmlHeader(title => 'Man Pages Archive'); h1 'Man Pages Archive'; - p style => 'float: none'; - # Relevant query: SELECT count(distinct hash), count(distinct name), count(*), count(distinct package) FROM man; - # It's far too slow to run that on every pageview. :-( - lit 'Indexing 519,202 versions of 127,527 manual pages found in 1,663,033 files of 176,474 packages.'; - br; - txt 'At this point only Arch Linux, Ubuntu and some versions of Debian have been indexed. More systems and repositories will be added later on.'; + # Relevant query: SELECT count(distinct hash), count(distinct name), count(*), count(distinct package) FROM man; + # It's far too slow to run that on every pageview. :-( + p style => 'float: none'; lit <<' _'; + Indexing 519,202 versions of 127,527 manual pages found in + 1,663,033 files of 176,474 packages. +
+ Manned.org aims to index all manual pages from a variety of systems, both + old and new, and provides a convenient interface for looking up and viewing + the various versions of each man page. This site is still in its early life, + so we're actively adding new systems to the database and finding ways to + improve the online interface. About manned.org » + _ end; h2 'Browse the manuals'; @@ -118,7 +124,10 @@ sub about { Manned.org was created in order to improve this situation. This site aims to index the manual pages from a variaty of systems, both old and new, and allows you to browse through the various versions of a manual page to find - out how each system behaves. + out how each system behaves. The manuals are stored in the database as + UTF-8, and are passed through groff to render them in + (mostly) the same way as they are displayed in your terminal. _ end; @@ -130,14 +139,14 @@ sub about {
Arch Linux
The core, extra and community repositories are fetched from a local - Arch mirror.
+ Arch mirror. Indexing started around begin June 2012.
Ubuntu
Historical releases were fetched from http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/, supported releases from a local mirror. All components (main, universe, restricted and multiverse) from the $release, $release-updates and $release-security repositories are indexed. Backports are not included at - the moment.
+ the moment. Indexing started around mid June 2012.
Debian
Historical releases were fetched from http://archive.debian.org/debian/.