+1 On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Ufuk Celebi <u...@apache.org> wrote:
> Quick update: If there are no objections, I will start looking into > how to stop serving the docs for Flink < 1.0 after tomorrow. > > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:45 PM, Ufuk Celebi <u...@apache.org> wrote: > > Thanks for your early feedback Kostas and Ted. > > > > @Kostas: I have a proposal for a more obvious warning here: > > https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4553 Would appreciate comments in > > that PR too :-) > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Ted Yu <yuzhih...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Without any upgrade path, the old versions are not useful. > >> > >> +1 on redirecting doc to stable release(s). > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Kostas Kloudas < > k.klou...@data-artisans.com > >>> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Ufuk, > >>> > >>> +1 > >>> > >>> I think that this is a nice change! > >>> Thanks Ufuk for opening the discussion. > >>> > >>> I think that broken/redirect links are not an issue, > >>> as either way the information provided is far outdated > >>> (== wrong). > >>> > >>> As for the warning, we cannot put it in the header instead > >>> of the footer? Sth like, this page may contain outdated info, > >>> please refer to XXX for an updated version. > >>> > >>> Kostas > >>> > >>> > On Aug 16, 2017, at 6:02 PM, Ufuk Celebi <u...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > Hey devs, > >>> > > >>> > I would like to stop serving the documentation for all Flink versions > >>> > prior to 1.0. > >>> > > >>> > Do you have any concerns about this? > >>> > > >>> > These Flink versions are very old without any upgrade path to newer > >>> > versions but they still get a lot of traffic and most new users don't > >>> > realize that they are looking at a very outdated docs page. > >>> > > >>> > Even with a stronger warning about being outdated, I don't see a > point > >>> > in serving them. > >>> > > >>> > If we choose to do this, I would redirect these ancient pages to the > >>> > docs of the latest stable release and update the release process Wiki > >>> > page to update those redirects etc. > >>> > > >>> > This will mean that some links in old StackOverflow questions and the > >>> > mailing list archives will be broken/redirected. If you have concerns > >>> > about this, please raise your voice in this thread. > >>> > > >>> > – Ufuk > >>> > > >>> > PS: I've created an issue to improve the visibility of the outdated > >>> > warning here https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-7462. I > will > >>> > only apply this to versions >= 1.0 for now. > >>> > >>> >
