Re: document the bug-tracker Web site?

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:52:13 +0800, Jason Rumney <address@hidden> wrote:
> Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I don't see why we should wait.  We use it right now, so it's "the real
>> thing".  When we move it elsewhere (or switch to some other tool), we
>> will need to update the page correspondingly.
>
> So we end up with versions of the manuals out there with an obsolete
> bug database site address, which we knew in advance would happen
> before we released those manuals.
>
> Can we ask the FSF admins to set up a redirection now from say
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/bugs to the current bug database,
> then when we move it to gnu.org, we need only change the redirection,
> and the existing manuals will remain accurate.

The time window between the release of Emacs 23.1 and the release of
24.1 may be slightly large.  So I think it makes sense to have some way
to avoid links in the manual that are going to be obsolete when the move
happens.

Setting up the redirection now and using the www.gnu.org link is a good
way of avoiding the problem of an obsolete link in the manual :)