On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 15:51, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nick> The old doc directories are already kept around (all the way back > Nick> to 1.4 in fact: http://www.python.org/doc/1.4/) > > Nick> As a quick fix for the old links, a rewrite rule to map such links > Nick> to the 2.5 docs seems like a very good idea to me. Since old URLs > Nick> all use abbreviations in the directory name (tut, lib, mac, ref, > Nick> ext, api, doc, inst, dist), it should be straightforward to > Nick> redirect them without affecting the links to the new docs > Nick> (tutorial, using, reference, howto, extending, c-api, install, > Nick> distutils, documenting). > > Yes, we should probably still get the top-level links redirected to the new > docs though. The 2.5 tutorial is probably going to get stale over time > while the 2.6 version will be updated at least until 2.7 is released. >
After discussing on #python-dev (briefly), I made the toplevel directories refer to the new, 2.6 toplevel directories, but deeper URLs in the old directories redirect to www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/. I still think this is the wrong approach, especially in the long term: it means people who just follow old documentation links will not see the new results, and search engines will not realize the pages are effectively stale. -- Thomas Wouters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to help me spread!
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