Re: Old versions directories on the ftp site

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 19:55, Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> wrote:
> On 05/10/2010 18:50, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 19:44, Tom Lane<tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Magnus Hagander<magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>  writes:
>>>>
>>>> We have a policy to keep two (IIRC) versions of each version in the
>>>> ftp site. How about we stick a README file in all the ones that are
>>>> not current saying something along the line of "NOTE! This is an old
>>>> release available for historical reasons only. You should probably use
>>>> the latest one". That will automatically render it up on the website,
>>>> which should make it at least theoretically possible that someone
>>>> reads it..
>>>
>>> I thought all the really old versions were pushed over to ftp-archive
>>> already?
>>>
>>> I should think that someone who chooses to look into an 8.1
>>> subdirectory, when there are 8.2 etc right next to it, is already
>>> well aware that he's grabbing an old version.  I'm not sure that
>>> this proposal offers more than an annoying nag message.
>>
>> I'm not talking about 8.1 vs 8.2. I'm talking about 8.4.3 vs 8.4.5.
>> And I'm aiming at people following direct links from other sites (or
>> our own news)
>
> Would there be merit in redirecting people looking for, say, 8.4.3 to
> 8.4.latest?

Automatic redirection - absolutely not, then how would they get to the
old version if they *need* it.

Suggest they go look elsewhere - well, that's what I'm suggesting :-)

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