Again. I would just serve the latest only. A lot simpler to manage :)
On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 6:35 PM Justin Bertram <[email protected]> wrote: > We can definitely do redirects. There's already a handful in place from > when the original website was refactored. See here [1]. > > > Justin > > [1] https://github.com/apache/activemq-website/blob/main/src/.htaccess > > On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 3:13 PM Michael André Pearce > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So what happens now if those pages are removed? Google will send users to > > non-existent pages….. > > > > If we do that is it possible to put auto redirects in or something to > > latest? So if someone googles they at least get redirected instead of a > 404 > > and then stumped…. > > > > > > > > > On 9 May 2022, at 18:01, Havret <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Yep, every single time I google sth artemis related I end up in the old > > > docs. > > > > > > On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 6:54 PM Justin Bertram <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> One reason to remove old docs is that folks who don't know better > > >> invariably read old docs rather than the latest and greatest. This is > > >> usually caused by search engines handing out old links. > > >> > > >> I'm +1 to remove them. > > >> > > >> > > >> Justin > > >> > > >> On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 11:53 PM Michael André Pearce > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> What harm is there in keeping old docs? I’m a little -1 removal of > old > > >>> docs unless there’s areal pressing driver that cannot be addressed / > > >>> resolved. > > >>> > > >>> E.g. what is the driver here? > > >>> > > >>> Space on the http server? I’d be a bit surprised if it was due to > this > > >>> docs aren’t that huge, and in this day and age even my mobile > probably > > >> can > > >>> store all historical docs fine…. > > >>> > > >>> If it’s build time of website, can old docs not be generated once and > > >>> marked to not rebuild for website rebuild by default, probably want > to > > >> have > > >>> a flag to force a rebuild if really needed… > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Sent from my iPad > > >>> > > >>>> On 6 May 2022, at 14:12, Robbie Gemmell <[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> I think that can have its own issues in terms of most easily (for > us > > >>>> and them) directing folks to the appropriate bit of doc when > answering > > >>>> a question, given how often users love to ask questions about > > >>>> not-latest versions. I've found maintaining a window of docs to be a > > >>>> good balance. > > >>>> > > >>>> E.g consider that you just change the default of some values; having > > >>>> only the current docs will likely mislead other people on the > > >>>> behaviour. Sometimes even those that wrote it, because they forgot, > > >>>> and are looking at the doc to find out what it does :) > > >>>> > > >>>>> On Fri, 6 May 2022 at 13:26, Clebert Suconic < > > >> [email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I would prefer only keeping the current doc... older docs are part > of > > >>>>> the zip bundle anyways, right? > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 7:02 AM Robbie Gemmell < > > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I think it is reasonable to remove older docs, both to control the > > >>>>>> size of the site content and since people should be using the more > > >>>>>> recent things already. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> For Qpid the main docs page links to the current docs, and links > to > > >>>>>> the 'past releases' page where each release page then has that > > >>>>>> versions docs. We typically keep the last 2-3 years of the release > > >>>>>> specific pages/download links/docs etc available on the site. > > >>>>>> Infrequently we then trim the oldest ones out to get back nearer > the > > >> 2 > > >>>>>> years. Rinse and repeat. Link to the archive for anything not on > the > > >>>>>> site. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> On Fri, 6 May 2022 at 02:51, Clebert Suconic < > > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Can we stop storing old releases documentation on the website? > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> If we start to release bi weekly as we proposed, it's going to > be a > > >>>>>>> lot of old releases in there. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Over the years this has accumulated a few already > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> https://activemq.apache.org/components/artemis/documentation/ > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> If users want a previous doc, they can always just download the > > >> older > > >>>>>>> version with the docs anyway. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> -- > > >>>>>>> Clebert Suconic > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> -- > > >>>>> Clebert Suconic > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > -- Clebert Suconic
