rfcdash
rfcdash is a docset for Dash.app containing all published RFCs from the IETF.
Installing
Install by opening Dash.app preferences, switch to Downloads, open User Contributed, and search
for "RFCs".
If you prefer, you can also subscribe to the docset feed URL at:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/willnorris/rfcdash/master/RFCs.xml
The unpacked docset will take a little over 500 MB on disk.
Updating the Docset
Most people generally shouldn't need to update the docset on their own. It's generally easier for me
to do it, so these notes are mainly for myself. If you notice that the docset is missing an RFC
that you need, just open an issue and I'm happy to update it.
Updating requires:
- httrack
- python, with beautifulsoup4
and html5lib modules
To grab the latest RFCs, run the sync script. This will use httrack to download all published
RFCs from the IETF website. This typically takes about half an hour because it downloads everything
every time. This is necessary because new RFCs sometimes update or obsolete older RFCs, so we grab
everything to make sure we have the latest.
Once everything is downloaded, run rebuild.py to build the index file, rebuild the search
index, and add tables of contents to each RFC.
License
The RFCs themselves contained in this repo are subject to the IETF IPR policy. The scripts used
to construct the docset are released under an Apache 2.0 license.