#3977: Offer canonical non changing links to always current documentation
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Reporter: jidanni | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Website | Version: unspecified
Keywords: | CPU: Unspecified
Platform: Unspecified |
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Let's say we were reading
file:///usr/share/doc/grass-doc/html/d.erase.html
offline.
Well wouldn't it be great if within it there was a link to
https://grass.osgeo.org/grass79/manuals/d.erase.html
Such a link could have many uses:
Let's say we were composing a email offline, and wanted to refer to that
page, but didn't want to go online just yet to check the URL.
Or let's say we were composing a bug report offline, and wanted to make
sure it was useful when later posted online.
In fact, instead of
https://grass.osgeo.org/grass79/manuals/d.erase.html
how about just
https://grass.osgeo.org/grass/manuals/d.erase.html
and hyperlink it as
"Permalink to this [d.erase, etc.] man page".
Yes, grass.osgeo.org needs to offer permalinks to these documentation
items. OK, call them canonical links or something.
You see users are tearing their hair out wanting to simply tell their
friends about a certain man page, without having to worry that it will
gradually get stale, and finally disappear.
Sure, if they really want to link to a certain version of a man page,
for use in a court of law, then they can still use the current numbered
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