[Tools-discuss] ietf tools use on locally-cached data?

[=JeffH <[e-mail]>]

So I find it Pretty Useful to have tools that operate on my local rsync'd cache
of RFCs and Internet-Drafts, e.g. when I'm on a plane (to an IETF meeting).

AFAICT all the IETF tools work is web-based and operates on remotely-cached
data, yes?

<ThinkingOutLoud>

I suppose one can run a local apache instance and install some/most/all the
tools you folks have made available, but I also find command line tools also 
useful.

e.g. I have one (written in Perl) that prints a report on latest-rev I-Ds per a
wildcarded-filename, using raw .txt internet-drafts as the database. Below's
the output on "*atompub*" fyi.

But https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/ provides nearly the same info, so I am
(sorta) contemplating about just running the code behind
datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/ locally.

Tho it's worth noting that datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/ doesn't differentiate
between "truly EXPIRED I-Ds (i.e. tombstone is present)" and "EXPIRED but not
deleted I-Ds", which is a common situation.

Also, I have some thoughts about hacking up some tools to make it more 
convenient to browse RFCs & I-Ds in tabs in Firefox (which is what I presently 
use), in conjunction with the SessionSaver extension (i need to play with FF3 
to see whether they have any new tab/session functionality in there that'll be 
helpful).

So I wonder about porting some of your server-side tools, eg the 
html-generation and datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/ to Google Gears, because then 
they'd ostensibly automagically work whether one is on- or off-line.

</ThinkingOutLoud>


=JeffH


> lsidlatest "*atompub*" -v

26 total latest-rev files found for filespec: *atompub* :

5 IDs published as RFCs...

draft-ietf-atompub-format-12    -> RFC 4287
draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-18  -> RFC 5023
draft-nottingham-atompub-feed-history-12        -> RFC 5005
draft-snell-atompub-feed-license-12     -> RFC 4946
draft-snell-atompub-feed-thread-13      -> RFC 4685

1 replaced I-Ds found...

draft-ietf-atompub-autodiscovery-02     -> draft-snell-atompub-autodiscovery-00.txt

3 truly current I-Ds found...

draft-saintandre-atompub-notify-06
draft-snell-atompub-bidi-05
draft-snell-atompub-feature-12

13 EXPIRED but not deleted I-Ds found...

draft-sayre-atompub-protocol-basic-06
draft-sayre-atompub-protocol-outline-01
draft-sayre-atompub-protocol-seek-00
draft-sayre-atompub-xhtml-micro-00
draft-snell-atompub-app-blogcontrol-00
draft-snell-atompub-app-introspection-00
draft-snell-atompub-feed-expires-06
draft-snell-atompub-feed-index-10
draft-snell-atompub-feed-nofollow-04
draft-snell-atompub-link-extensions-02
draft-snell-atompub-revision-00
draft-snell-atompub-tombstones-02
draft-snell-atompub-transitional-atom-00

4 truly EXPIRED I-Ds found...

draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-01
draft-snell-atompub-author-extensions-01
draft-snell-atompub-autodiscovery-01
draft-snell-atompub-notification-02

0 oddly formatted I-Ds found...


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