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 <h4v...@gmail.com> 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 <jbert...@apache.org> 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 >> <michael.andre.pea...@me.com.invalid> 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 <robbie.gemm...@gmail.com> >>> 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 < >> clebert.suco...@gmail.com> >>> 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 < >>> robbie.gemm...@gmail.com> 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 < >>> clebert.suco...@gmail.com> 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 >>> >>> >>
