- From: olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 06:59:09 +0900
- To: www-validator@w3.org list <www-validator@w3.org>
- Message-Id: <834DC432-6194-11D8-A4E7-000393A63FC8@w3.org>
-===================================================================- - Beta Test for the W3C Link Checker - -===================================================================- The W3C link checker is a popular free service to check the status of links (authentication, broken links) on a web site. Originally bundled with the W3C Markup validator, we have decided to make it easier for people to install it on their own site: the tool will soon be released as a standalone, free, open source product. We would like to start this release cycle with a Beta Test period. You are all welcome to check and review our test instance of the link checker at the following address: http://validator.w3.org:8001/checklink This beta test period should last (at least) two weeks. Depending on the feedback, the tool will then be released and the main link checker service at W3C will be updated, or we will start a second round of beta test. ** FEEDBACK ** You can help us improve the link checker (a.k.a checklink) by sending thoughts and bug reports related to this beta test to the *public* mailing list www-validator: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/ Since this list is used for feedback on several different tools, we suggest that you tag your messages regarding checklink in the subject of your e-mail, e.g: Subject: [checklink] bug report - .... Developers are also invited to get the source code, and send us patches: http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/httpd/cgi-bin/checklink.pl? only_with_tag=validator-0_6_0-branch ** CHANGES ** Here is a short list of changes between the previous stable version (bundled with the Markup Validator) and this beta test version: - Improved redirect loop detection - Recursion scope checking fixes - Configuration option to disable checking documents on non-public IP addresses -> new dependency on the Net::IP CPAN module - Markup improvements - Documentation improvements (command line options, embedded man page) - Various other small bug fixes (full changelog available at http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/httpd/cgi-bin/checklink.pl? only_with_tag=validator-0_6_0-branch, see changes since revision 3.6.2.3) -===================================================================- For Ville Skyttä, lead developer for the Link Checker and the QA tools development Team, -- olivier Thereaux - W3C / QA / Dev http://www.w3.org/People/olivier - http://www.w3.org/QA/
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