Re: Where is diskchecker.pl ?

Hi,

The PostgreSQK documentation refers to diskchecker.pl on the page http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html
But on this page, the given link for diskchecker.pl does not exist anymore.
After some unsuccessfull queries on Google to find the missing file,
I wonder if one of you have a lin or a copy of this file.

Thank you.
--
Cordialement,
Jean-Gérard Pailloncy

On Wednesday 18 July 2012 16:11:21 jg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The PostgreSQK documentation refers to diskchecker.pl on the page
> http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html But on this page, the given link
> for diskchecker.pl does not exist anymore. After some unsuccessfull queries
> on Google to find the missing file, I wonder if one of you have a lin or a
> copy of this file.
>
> Thank you.
> --
> Cordialement,
> Jean-Gérard Pailloncy
--
Gosh, can't find it either =-(

You can find me on twitter @iCodeiExist

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 04:11:21PM +0200, jg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The PostgreSQK documentation refers to diskchecker.pl on the page http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html
> But on this page, the given link for diskchecker.pl does not exist anymore.
> After some unsuccessfull queries on Google to find the missing file,
> I wonder if one of you have a lin or a copy of this file.

(Moved to hackers.) I have emailed the author asking for a copy. Does
anyone have a recently downloaded copy of diskchecker.pl?

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On 7/26/12 5:35 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 04:11:21PM +0200, jg wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The PostgreSQK documentation refers to diskchecker.pl on the page http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html
>> But on this page, the given link for diskchecker.pl does not exist anymore.
>> After some unsuccessfull queries on Google to find the missing file,
>> I wonder if one of you have a lin or a copy of this file.
>
> (Moved to hackers.) I have emailed the author asking for a copy. Does
> anyone have a recently downloaded copy of diskchecker.pl?

Where do we refer to this in the docs? What is it supposed to do?

--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com

On 7/26/12 5:35 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 04:11:21PM +0200, jg wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The PostgreSQK documentation refers to diskchecker.pl on the page http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html
>> But on this page, the given link for diskchecker.pl does not exist anymore.
>> After some unsuccessfull queries on Google to find the missing file,
>> I wonder if one of you have a lin or a copy of this file.
>
> (Moved to hackers.) I have emailed the author asking for a copy. Does
> anyone have a recently downloaded copy of diskchecker.pl?

Oh, and the code is here:
https://gist.github.com/3177656

--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 06:07:30PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 7/26/12 5:35 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 04:11:21PM +0200, jg wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The PostgreSQK documentation refers to diskchecker.pl on the page http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html
> >> But on this page, the given link for diskchecker.pl does not exist anymore.
> >> After some unsuccessfull queries on Google to find the missing file,
> >> I wonder if one of you have a lin or a copy of this file.
> >
> > (Moved to hackers.) I have emailed the author asking for a copy. Does
> > anyone have a recently downloaded copy of diskchecker.pl?
>
> Oh, and the code is here:
> https://gist.github.com/3177656

Yes, the author responded and gave me that URL. I am working on the
docs now. Odd searching github didn't find it for me.

--
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EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com

+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 09:11:17PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 06:07:30PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > On 7/26/12 5:35 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 04:11:21PM +0200, jg wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> The PostgreSQK documentation refers to diskchecker.pl on the page http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html
> > >> But on this page, the given link for diskchecker.pl does not exist anymore.
> > >> After some unsuccessfull queries on Google to find the missing file,
> > >> I wonder if one of you have a lin or a copy of this file.
> > >
> > > (Moved to hackers.) I have emailed the author asking for a copy. Does
> > > anyone have a recently downloaded copy of diskchecker.pl?
> >
> > Oh, and the code is here:
> > https://gist.github.com/3177656
>
> Yes, the author responded and gave me that URL. I am working on the
> docs now. Odd searching github didn't find it for me.

OK, doc patch attached and applied to 9.0 and later releases.

--
Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com

+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 04:11:21PM +0200, jg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The PostgreSQK documentation refers to diskchecker.pl on the page http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html
> But on this page, the given link for diskchecker.pl does not exist anymore.
> After some unsuccessfull queries on Google to find the missing file,
> I wonder if one of you have a lin or a copy of this file.

Script URL is:

https://gist.github.com/3172656

Documentation updated.

--
Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com

+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 04:11:21PM +0200, jg wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The PostgreSQK documentation refers to diskchecker.pl on the page http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html
>> But on this page, the given link for diskchecker.pl does not exist anymore.
>> After some unsuccessfull queries on Google to find the missing file,
>> I wonder if one of you have a lin or a copy of this file.
>
> Script URL is:
>
> https://gist.github.com/3172656
>
> Documentation updated.

Why are we putting such a link directly in the documentation, where
it's really hard to change it if we have to, since it's out in many
versions already? Shouldn't we be working to remove such dependencies
rather than add more of them?

Also, are we sure github gist urls are permanent? I know the temporary
gists aren't, but I guess maybe the logged-in ones are?

For longer terms, perhaps we should set up an URL forwarder or
something that the docs can link through in the cases where we really
need this, so we can more easily update the URLs?
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Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:26:46AM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 04:11:21PM +0200, jg wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The PostgreSQK documentation refers to diskchecker.pl on the page http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html
> >> But on this page, the given link for diskchecker.pl does not exist anymore.
> >> After some unsuccessfull queries on Google to find the missing file,
> >> I wonder if one of you have a lin or a copy of this file.
> >
> > Script URL is:
> >
> > https://gist.github.com/3172656
> >
> > Documentation updated.
>
> Why are we putting such a link directly in the documentation, where
> it's really hard to change it if we have to, since it's out in many
> versions already? Shouldn't we be working to remove such dependencies
> rather than add more of them?

> Also, are we sure github gist urls are permanent? I know the temporary
> gists aren't, but I guess maybe the logged-in ones are?

Well, the story behind this commit was that the web site we pointed to
originally had a broken download URL, and the author told me he didn't
control that page anymore, so I added a link to the github download page
he supplied. Then it seems he got them to update the download link on
the page, so I just reverted the commit.

>
> For longer terms, perhaps we should set up an URL forwarder or
> something that the docs can link through in the cases where we really
> need this, so we can more easily update the URLs?

Well, the problem there is that they don't get the real URL unless they
go through our system, which seems "closed".

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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com

+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +

On 06/08/12 13:31, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> For longer terms, perhaps we should set up an URL forwarder or
>> something that the docs can link through in the cases where we really
>> need this, so we can more easily update the URLs?
> Well, the problem there is that they don't get the real URL unless they
> go through our system, which seems "closed".
>
What about creating a wiki page with interesting software like this one,
putting the link there, that can be maintained by community, and linking
to this page in docs?

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Rodrigo Gonzalez <listas(at)estrads(dot)com(dot)ar> wrote:
> On 06/08/12 13:31, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> For longer terms, perhaps we should set up an URL forwarder or
>>> something that the docs can link through in the cases where we really
>>> need this, so we can more easily update the URLs?
>> Well, the problem there is that they don't get the real URL unless they
>> go through our system, which seems "closed".
>>
> What about creating a wiki page with interesting software like this one,
> putting the link there, that can be maintained by community, and linking
> to this page in docs?

That's another reasonable idea. It doesn't solve the problem with
links going stale (just like having an URL redirector doesn't), but it
does make it much easier to change later...

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Me: http://www.hagander.net/
Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/