Re: Stale Link: http://www.debian.org/doc/
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 10:26:14AM -0400, abel wrote:
> The link on this page http://www.debian.org/doc/ in the "Manuals for
> GNU/Linux in general" section :
>
> <a
> href="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/users-guide/">
> Linux Users' Guide</a>
>
> is a stale link according to this:
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/README which
> refers to tldp.org.
>
> The link could be changed to:
>
> <a href="http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html">Introduction
> to Linux</a>
>
> or the link could be deleted entirely.
>
> verification:
> [1] - http://www.debian.org/doc/todo
> "Urgent TO-DO list:
> * Ruthless stale documentation reaping."
>
> [2] - http://www.tldp.org/guides.html
> "Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide
> version: 1.27
> author: Machtelt Garrels, <tille>
> last update: Jun 2008
> ISBN: 1596821124
> available formats:
> 1. HTML (read online)"
Yes, but in that same page, you can find the old Linux Users' Guide
listed as "older / unmaintained (but still pertinent)", and their link
goes to the ibiblio.org location that we link.
If we're going to replace the document with something else, a more
qualitative explanation would be appreciated.
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