Re: Broken in links in Debian History document - old news removed from www.debian.org
Hi Holger,
[I am not active in debian-www; I contribute to the Debian History document]
[dropping debian-devel from Cc]
On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 10:33:55PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de> wrote (Thu, 8 May 2025 17:28:59 +0000):
> > Also the Japanese translator found a broken link:
> >
> > > About this translation, I found the url on the line # 3498
> > > https://www.debian.org/News/2003/20031202
> > > the page doesn't exist on the debian.org
>
> Hrrrr.
> This is not the only broken link! There are 7 more!!!
> Search for "debian.org/News" in project-history.en.dbk.
>
> Could someone revert this?
> (removing old news from the website and create masses of dead links! )
>
> Do we have a big need for more work? Or why do we create additional work
> this way (fix dead links in documents, wiki etc.) ?
>
> Proposal:
> Probably we should also move the Debian History document away as well?
> If Debian's history is no longer relevant ...
>
> I think about removing myself from the debian-www team.
> Better no longer be part of it, otherwise people might blame me for such
> decisions ...
There is a massive project ongoing, removing old content from the Debian
website. There are various very good reasons to do such maintenance. The pros
and cons have been extensively discussed, also by me.
Personally, I feel one should be _very_ carefull when removing old stuff.
(Well, _I_ am investing time in maintaining the debian-history package... :)
Otoh, I am very happy Mr FAI and others are investing time in the Debian
website: I applaud their efforts, and I am convinced they make the right
choices when weighting drawbacks vs benefits of specific actions.
It is unfortunate we encounter these broken links in debian-history this late
in the release cycle. But I am sure we can fix it all in time; I am happy to
hunt them down RSN.
Please continue doing good work for debian-www. It is appreciated :)
Bye,
Joost
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