Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([2a02:16a8:dc51::56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1faL46-0003Kp-5C for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:09:54 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1faL41-0007CK-75 for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:09:49 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1faL40-0007CC-QS for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:09:49 +0000 Received: from mail-lf0-x22e.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::22e]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1faL3s-0000Uv-S7 for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:09:47 +0000 Received: by mail-lf0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id n24-v6so1568089lfh.3 for ; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 06:09:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=hagander-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=cECWfy6wBWHnu6rj02ClBeka+w4LmMPyDsEAvaiXbaU=; b=XrCwsPXCDLtjQVC9TDccaQbiAqx88egwPnLV5exhKlEYbctIo7nv4gZyGTEu1ZY73n Gp5wI8tX/48GBRonW92lDIkS9Id9MfE9aD5VwgCT2ZZkAEquTYvrgfJcoL3s2RtFIBCA WJ+mlMBFBTdFRKW5u1RG7SvVsnHVL8EaS8FWOu7ujwSbwgCfBAciok52lIHfezygo8Kb l5ARjMD43YWbbtFHIlb3Rp8PwlqgJn3GtHOKMU5V4SFOuG6ZvySh/yseAm4QffVB4ZNd pxI49Vxrm0JOtCUe1fnsw1tIoLvpnPzgHDplri25arqi1T8qe8ev6vGD3FIkRTuWUmMy CWOg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=cECWfy6wBWHnu6rj02ClBeka+w4LmMPyDsEAvaiXbaU=; b=dFLaYq6DdEGQE+Gf2mjZAaJO+UKfqCEp2ehmoSSyDof9Imi3MrTJI1kRccJH2FeYx3 PXLRsAVenXeCfI3ObBc0+C4NJItyQyjsdavcOJt5O1RcbH6B9/KaLyvVR9b9/TUhLlce ztPagm2TPPAWxrzTsj0iHS72XlnaFa0QVDBIFePh7i6YkB/mLkul1tOSOUyRZ0UI5M51 xpeSZ66gTVRu1+fNActSD4mahlbD9L9NcbEZ9ETFN/SO3UNnGBELLZHvgXkZujNc7Qsh aWECnvzaVX6vgXfZ9hTtgMQzZWrOMGoAEwUdoCUDvlTL/My2f2yB5CYxGTW+2YhQ+cIa AjdQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E1oYa2BAhVuPE7lxxQ2xExqZ7W4AK+86OdibAmaRlG9XAJw4rdU GWtBg2Xw+xuBUaGONSIA+1/lVG0Rg5QoDc5O+e3QoA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpcIpqlEWr//QHKvzfa5y5q5DhlKzpOQzWvqMENcQ4YxCw/O+5y18hfcqHyAcZmJ4W4UD4QjupttkY8us4ZNgH0= X-Received: by 2002:a19:c742:: with SMTP id x63-v6mr18898588lff.9.1530623378382; Tue, 03 Jul 2018 06:09:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a19:d18c:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Tue, 3 Jul 2018 06:09:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <64726.1530596257@sss.pgh.pa.us> References: <20180703020457.saozko2kwzeh24fz@alvherre.pgsql> <64726.1530596257@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Magnus Hagander Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 15:09:37 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dead link to hp docs To: Tom Lane Cc: Alvaro Herrera , Michael Paquier , mdavid344@gmail.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000c0f71b05701806f2" List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk --000000000000c0f71b05701806f2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 7:37 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Alvaro Herrera writes: > > On 2018-Jul-02, Michael Paquier wrote: > >> Here are all the broken links in the source tree: > >> > >> doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml: > >> Wrong: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/83final/ba554_90007/ch04.html > >> Correct: http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/doc/83final/ba554_90007/ch04.html > >> > >> doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml: > >> Wrong: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/83final/ba554_90007/ch04s02.html > >> Correct: http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/doc/83final/ba554_90007/ > ch04s02.html > > > I think HP break their site on a regular basis. > > Well, more to the point, it's obvious from the very form of these links > that HP don't intend them to be stable externally-referenceable URLs. > I remember being unhappy from the beginning that Bruce would try to link > to them in our docs, and I think we're seeing now that indeed they're > not trustworthy permanent URLs. > > > Maybe we should be > > looking for some more stable source of similar information? > > Exactly. > +. I've been thinking that for a while. And it's not the first time they changed things on us. -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/ --000000000000c0f71b05701806f2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On T= ue, Jul 3, 2018 at 7:37 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wro= te:
Alvaro Herrera <<= a href=3D"mailto:alvherre@2ndquadrant.com">alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>= writes:
> On 2018-Jul-02, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> Here are all the broken links in the source tree:
>>
>> doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml:
>> Wrong:=C2=A0 =C2=A0http://h71000= .www7.hp.com/doc/83final/ba554_90007/ch04.html
>> Correct: http://h41379.www4.hpe= .com/doc/83final/ba554_90007/ch04.html
>>
>> doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml:
>> Wrong: http://h71000.www7.hp.= com/doc/83final/ba554_90007/ch04s02.html
>> Correct: http://h41379.www4.= hpe.com/doc/83final/ba554_90007/ch04s02.html

> I think HP break their site on a regular basis.

Well, more to the point, it's obvious from the very form of thes= e links
that HP don't intend them to be stable externally-referenceable URLs. I remember being unhappy from the beginning that Bruce would try to link to them in our docs, and I think we're seeing now that indeed they'= re
not trustworthy permanent URLs.

> Maybe we should be
> looking for some more stable source of similar information?

Exactly.

+<many>. I've= been thinking that for a while. And it's not the first time they chang= ed things on us.=C2=A0


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