Re: The sad state of git.wiki.kernel.org
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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
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- Feb 7, 2023, 11:53 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 10:41 PM Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
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> > On Sat, Feb 04, 2023 at 03:03:16PM +0100, Christian Couder wrote: > > > > # 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.
Great, thanks!