Re: [PATCH] Fix docs to use canonical links

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix docs to use canonical links
Date: 2024-07-01 12:45:15
Message-ID: F92A46B2-14A7-4206-AEEF-BC73E11A5D51@yesql.se
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> On 1 Jul 2024, at 13:09, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2024, at 09:35, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> Avoding redirects is generally a good thing, not everyone is on lightning fast
>> internet. Wikipedia is however not doing any 30X redirects so it's not really
>> an issue for those links, it's all 200 requests.
>
> Yes, I noticed that too when observing the HTTPS traffic, so no issue there,
> except that it's a bit annoying that the address bar suddenly changes.

Right, I was unclear, I'm not advocating against changing. It won't move the
needle compared to 30X redirects but it also won't hurt.

> However, I think David J had another good argument:
>
> "If we are making wikipedia our authority we might as well use their standard for naming."

It's a moving target, but so is most if not all links.

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Daniel Gustafsson

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