From 99d1a50ed8eb622ef15e428bedb03885a9f47203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simon Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:03:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Make the text about our interest in new mirror sites significantly less fluffy and welcoming. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@7824 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 5 +++-- doc/feedback.but | 29 +++++++++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index bdc1a70f..2a7509d8 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1133,8 +1133,9 @@ link to you at all. If you have software based on PuTTY, or specifically designed to interoperate with PuTTY, or in some other way of genuine interest to PuTTY users, then we will probably be happy to add a link to you on -our Links page. And if you're running a mirror of the PuTTY web -site, we're \e{definitely} interested. +our Links page. And if you're running a particularly valuable mirror +of the PuTTY web site, we might be interested in linking to you from +our Mirrors page. \S{faq-sourceforge}{Question} Why don't you move PuTTY to SourceForge? diff --git a/doc/feedback.but b/doc/feedback.but index fe649272..04bbab98 100644 --- a/doc/feedback.but +++ b/doc/feedback.but @@ -375,18 +375,27 @@ clear that we \e{could} stop you doing this, even if we wanted to!) \H{feedback-mirrors} Mirroring the PuTTY web site -\#{This paragraph also in putty-website/mirrors.html} -Mirrors of the PuTTY web site are welcome, especially in regions not -well covered by existing mirrors. (However, if you're in a region that is -already well served by mirrors, you should consider whether yet another one -will be worth the effort.) Please don't bother asking us for permission before +\# the next two paragraphs also on the Mirrors page itself, with +\# minor context changes + +If you want to set up a mirror of the PuTTY website, go ahead and +set one up. Please don't bother asking us for permission before setting up a mirror. You already have permission. -If you mail us \e{after} you have set up the mirror and checked that -it works, and remember to let us know which country your mirror is in, -then we'll add it to the -\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/mirrors.html}{Mirrors -page} on the PuTTY website. +If the mirror is in a country where we don't already have plenty of +mirrors, we may be willing to add it to the list on our +\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/mirrors.html}{mirrors +page}. Read the guidelines on that page, make sure your mirror +works, and email us the information listed at the bottom of the +page. + +Note that we do not \e{promise} to list your mirror: we get a lot of +mirror notifications and yours may not happen to find its way to the +top of the list. + +Also note that we link to all our mirror sites using the +\c{rel="nofollow"} attribute. Running a PuTTY mirror is not intended +to be a cheap way to gain search rankings. If you have technical questions about the process of mirroring, then you might want to mail us before setting up the mirror (see also the -- 2.11.0