On Wed, 30 May 2012 13:20:24 +0100 Philip Ashmore <cont...@philipashmore.com> wrote:
> On 30/05/12 12:29, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > > On 05/26/2012 09:09 PM, Philip Ashmore wrote: > >> On 05/26/2012 06:53 AM, Jonathan Callen wrote: > >>> On 05/25/2012 10:03 PM, Philip Ashmore wrote: > >>>> Hi there. > >>>> > >>>> First, here's what I'm talking about - > >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permalink > >>>> Unfortunately Wikipedia doesn't offer permalinks itself, so > >>>> hopefully the above link won't "rot". > >>> > >>> And here's the permalink to the above article, as it was when the > >>> preceding post was made: > >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Permalink&oldid=483438630 > >>> Or, if you prefer links that don't indicate where they're really > >>> going: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=483438630 > >> > >> I'm happy and sad with this. > >> Happy that Wikipedia provides permalink support. > >> Sad that it didn't document it in its article about permalinks. > >> > >> Is there documentation on this feature somewhere? > >> > >> Permalinks, along with the fact that MediaWiki is free GPLv2, > >> makes a compelling argument for moving Debian documentation to > >> MediaWiki. > > > > Which documentation are you talking about? Most official > > documentation should have a fixed URL. > > > > If you are talking about the wiki: retrieving a fixed version from > > moinmoin is the same as in mediawiki. > > > > So I can't see a useful argument here, only FUD trying to talk > > people into using Mediawiki. > > > Hi there and thanks for your feedback. > > I'm talking about the fact that Debian has mail archives that may > include links to documentation that has changed since the mail was > written, possibly rendering the mail thread misleading or nonsensical. > > Any documentation system that can provide a means to refer to a > specific version (permalinks) would be better than what's there now. Could you give examples of things lacking permalinks? thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group *** I've changed GPG key to 6C097260 ***
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