Re: Please, don’t “rename” files
Hi,
David Prévot <david@tilapin.org> wrote:
> Le 12/07/2013 16:56, Holger Wansing a écrit :
> > David Prévot <david@tilapin.org> wrote:
> >> Le 10/07/2013 17:00, CVS User holger-guest a écrit :
> >>
> >>> Steve Nice: still active, entry updated (and company "ForLinux" was rebranded into
> >>> "Reconnix", so I renamed the forlinux.wml files for all languages into
> >>> reconnix.wml, so that translators can reuse the old files).
> >>
> >> Why “rename” the file at all? Since the URL changes, all link to the old
> >> page will be broken, and the history is lost (CVS is not really clever).
> >> Please, better keep the existing file (and URL), and just change the
> >> content, no matter if the company changed its name.
> >
> > Why rename the file?
> > To give the translator the chance to reuse the old translation and
> > not to start from scratch.
> >
> > Why _not_ rename the file?
> > What's the disadvantage on this?
> > 1. No history in CVS.
>
> Again, not to break external links, (part of the) previous exchange on
> this topic attached.
Why keep an old and senseless URL?
(An URL www.debian.org/consultants/abcdef _is_senseless_ if the company
"abcdef" is no longer existing).
> > Renaming the file means some more work or trouble for translators,
> > yes, but the result at the end is more valuable, so I think it's
> > worth it.
>
> Since I disagree on this matter, please, move this discussion to a
> public place (e.g. debian-www@l.d.o) to gather more feedback if you
> intend to ignore these advices again.
Done.
Holger
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