On 05/26/2012 09:09 PM, Philip Ashmore wrote: > On 05/26/2012 06:53 AM, Jonathan Callen wrote: >> On 05/25/2012 10:03 PM, Philip Ashmore wrote: >>> Hi there. >>> >>> First, here's what I'm talking about - >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permalink >>> Unfortunately Wikipedia doesn't offer permalinks itself, so >>> hopefully the above link won't "rot". >> >> And here's the permalink to the above article, as it was when the >> preceding post was made: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Permalink&oldid=483438630 >> Or, if you prefer links that don't indicate where they're really going: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=483438630 > > I'm happy and sad with this. > Happy that Wikipedia provides permalink support. > Sad that it didn't document it in its article about permalinks. > > Is there documentation on this feature somewhere? > > Permalinks, along with the fact that MediaWiki is free GPLv2, makes a > compelling argument for moving Debian documentation to MediaWiki.
Which documentation are you talking about? Most official documentation should have a fixed URL. If you are talking about the wiki: retrieving a fixed version from moinmoin is the same as in mediawiki. So I can't see a useful argument here, only FUD trying to talk people into using Mediawiki. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fc604a8.10...@bzed.de