Re: The sad state of git.wiki.kernel.org

From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Feb 6, 2023, 21:41 UTC
Message-ID: <20230206214101.fe6rismtfzv4k75n@meerkat.local>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD1q7-XbX4C_NjyL7A-6n6Nc4MgSbUKnzQOiRyKRMtLv_w@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Feb 04, 2023 at 03:03:16PM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:

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> > > # Should it be archived as a static site?
> > >
> > > It's possible to turn git.wiki.kernel.org into a static site with a large
> > > header on every page that it contains historical archival information, with a
> > > link to https://git-scm.com/doc
> >
> > This would be my preference, just because some of the old content may
> > still have value. Some pages (like old gsoc stuff) would better redirect
> > to git.github.io, but it is probably not worth the time to even try to
> > classify pages.
> 
> This would be my preference too. I agree that some old content might
> still have some value. We could also move or redirect some old content
> to git.github.io, but I am not sure it's worth the time either.

Okay, here's what I have:

https://archive.kernel.org/oldwiki/git.wiki.kernel.org/

It's just a static scrape excluding all Special: and User: pages, and carrying a very large "OBSOLETE CONTENT" warning.

The idea is that requests to git.wiki.kernel.org will be redirected to the archive pages and thus hopefully preserve the content for historical reasons.

Unless someone objects within the next few days, I'll proceed with this plan.

-K