"Jonathan Dowland" <j...@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue May 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM BST, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> FWIW I didn't find "keep it up to date" useful feedback. > > > > Here's my view: replace each current page with a list of "per Debian > > version" pages. So, when someone edits a page, they don't edit the > > "DebianBootstrap" page, but the "DebianBootstrap/trixie" page. > > A variation on this I prefer would be for the assumption to be that > all pages applied to the current stable release. There would be no > need for additional sub-pages for other releases by default unless > the material needed to differ for that release. If the differences > were really minor, they could be included in the main article, albeit > marked up to indicate for which release that section applied (e.g. > with an "info box"); if the cumulative differences were above some > threshold, instead a sub-page created.
I don't think making assumptions is a good idea. It is better to mark each page near its beginning with the version or versions of Debian to which it applies. As you say, some pages might deal with multiple versions or link to other, presumably older, pages..
