In fact it might already be clear enough that the option is unchecked in the UI. I was just thinking that maybe some people would always leave the default options while renaming a page and it might surprise them that the default behavior has changed. Anyway I don't think it's a big deal in any case.
Thanks, Adel On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 10:22 AM Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> wrote: > > > > > On 20 Sep 2018, at 09:54, Adel Atallah <adel.atal...@xwiki.com> wrote: > > > > +1 but we have to make sure that users will be aware of this change. > > What do you suggest? > > IMO having it in the RN is enough. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 7:30 AM Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> wrote: > >> > >> Hi devs, > >> > >> We see more and more wikis with tons of redirects and issues to manage > >> them, see https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-14570 > >> > >> “ > >> Rationale for turning it off by default: > >> - Several users have reported a usability issue about automatic redirects. > >> The way they express it is the following: "I have duplicates pages in my > >> wiki. I don't understand why this is happening. I'm choosing to rename > >> pages and not to copy them but I still get duplicates in the Navigation > >> panel". > >> - Automatic redirects are especially useful for public wikis where users > >> can have bookmark on pages and you don't want to break them. It can also > >> be useful for internal wikis but it's less an issue. > >> - Even for public wikis not all pages need automatic redirects. Technical > >> pages don't need them for example. > >> “ > >> > >> I’ve had Ludovic report that to me too again this morning. > >> > >> Since we’ve been knowing about the problem for a while already and since > >> it’s very easy to change the default behavior, I’d like to propose that we > >> turn it off by default in XWiki 10.8 (ie right now, or if you think it’s > >> really too dangerous in 10.9), and that we implement an option to > >> configure the default behavior later on > >> (https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13384). > >> > >> WDYT? > >> > >> Thanks > >> -Vincent > >> > >> >
