Hello, On Fri 18 Jul 2025 at 04:16pm +01, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Thanks Laura for providing some rationale. > > On Fri Jul 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM BST, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: >> The old (and new) news are sent by mail too, so they are available in >> the mailing list archives. > > The availability of the information is one thing, but keeping their > canonical URIs functional is another. Both are important. > >> * the website is too big, and building /News consumes energy and time. >> In the last times it's better than before, but I support the goal to >> have a small website that builds quicker and more energy efficient, >> and also is smaller to be moved to a better engine (now wml+perl, very >> old code that works well but it's not welcoming for newcomers). > > I understand this. I think it's important to solve it, but not at the > price of losing our historically established URIs. It may take a bit > longer, but I think we can find better solution. I am prepared to join > in to help. Keeping the URIs does indeed seem like the most important thing. If Jonathan is going to help, would the web team consider temporarily rolling back the change while he comes up with a solution that satisfies everyone? -- Sean Whitton
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