Hi *, first list-post after a couple weeks of absence, so not fully up-to-date with all topics, so please excuse if I'm stating the obvious
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Florian Effenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > Goran Rakic wrote on 2011-09-17 14:52: >> >> If the POST requests are not possible, the idea to have a stable links >> is great. The same can be used for other links inside a product >> (licenses, templates and extensions repository, contributors etc.) > > indeed, mea culpa - you are right. So, how about doing something like > > http://feedback.libreoffice.org/version/platform/ > e.g. http://feedback.libreoffice.org/3.4.3/win64/ > > which we can than track via mod_rewrite or any scripting engine if needed? If I undestood correctly, what is needed is a "never,ever changing URL" to be used in the distributed software to not necessarily provide the same service during all that time, but at least direct the user to an appropriate site with further information/where to find the replacement for the tool/stuff that was originally referenced. In that case, I wouldn't go for a nice url from the very start, i.e. not feedback (this is of course fine to be referenced from other contemporary websites and stuff). In the "release once, then no chance to change stuff", I'd prefer a link that describes its purpose not in the domain name, but in URL parameters. as many are german, I share what I immeadiately thought of: http://drehscheibe.libreoffice.org/bugs?version=3.4.3&os=win64 and http://drehscheibe.libreoffice.org/support?version=3.4.3&os=linx86 an english equivalent that has the additional benefit of being shorter would be "hub" so I'd propose http://hub.libreoffice.org/<type>[?paramenters] those would be rewritten by mod_rewrite (or by the CMS, doesn't matter) to the actual pages, for the "bugs" type, it could direct directly to the bug-assistant or a feedback landing page (suggesting to search for answer in the list archives or similar first before filing a bug) So I really prefer one single redirector URL instead of having to assure support.libreoffice.org/somepage always reflects the content that LO version 3.x did reference and to assure that feedback.libreoffice.org always has the bug-reporting stuff prominently placed. I also prefer to use (get) parameters instead of having them as part of the actual path, as it's much easier to just ignore all the get-parameters for old versions than to maintain a complex redirection table. ciao Christian -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
