Dora Scilipoti <d...@gnu.org> writes:
> Hi, > > the gnu/server/staging directory was created years ago because GNU > webmasters expressed the wish to have a private space where they could > play around, test and see how different styles would look in the > website. Things like where to put the nav bar, which colors to use, > where to use h3s or h4s, and the like. You can call it a sandbox or, > perhaps better, a playground. > > Sometimes we also use it for text drafts. I, for example, often use it > for unfinished articles intended to be published under /education. Yes, > these things we can discuss in private mailing lists --and we do. But > after discussion, we generally upload it first to /staging for a final > clean-up, because seeing it on the screen exactly the way it would > look in the main website often reveals mistakes that were overseen > during discussion. > > The staging directory is also a good place for new webmasters to try > their hand at building webpages. > > In sum, this private playground is something webmasters want and need, > and search engines should have no business indexing it. Is it possible? That sounds reasonable to me. I would assume that if webmasters don't have access to change robots.txt, it would just be the fsf tech team.
