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Re: request: put HEAD version of html manuals on web
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:46:18 -0500
- Subject: Re: request: put HEAD version of html manuals on web
- References: <45F170CD.7009ACCD@dessent.net>
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 06:35:57AM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote:
> At the moment, if you want to refer someone to part of the manual, the
> only choice for URL is e.g.
> <http://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.17/as/index.html>. But in the
> future, when 2.17 is not the current version, this URL will fail. Or
> worse, it will continue to work and point to an obsolete version of the
> manual.
It will continue to work and continue to point to the same copy of the
manual. Personally, I consider that a feature. Otherwise links into
anywhere inside the manual are likely to go bad.
HEAD manuals would be useful, yes.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery