On 7/8/16 4:18 PM, Steve Fink wrote:
Are either mxr or dxr really the right thing for canonical links to our
source code? As long as we're updating links, through one means or
another, temporarily or permanently, couldn't we come up with a set of
urls that would be better in the long term? One that clearly states the
purpose of a link (eg a link to the latest version of a whole file vs a
link to a range of lines in a specific version vs a link to a named
function definition or whatever), and could be redirected when the next
great thing comes along?
Yes, please!
Especially because DXR doesn't allow independent specification of "lines
to highlight" and "line to scroll to", so any conversion from mxr links
to dxr ones will be somewhat lossy...
There's still the question of what to back the links with of course
(that is, what runs on the server).
hg.mozilla.org would seem to be better for versioned links
Can't highlight lines there, last I checked.
-Boris
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