From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
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Subject: Re: Stale external URL in doc?
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Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
> Taking a look at other links to external resources, most links seemed to
> resolve still (but I didn't test all of them).  I did find another one o=
n the
> GEQO page which is now dead without the content available elsewhere, as =
well as
> a larger problem with the AIX references.

> We have a list of links to the AIX 6.1 documentation which no longer wor=
ks as
> IBM only provides docset PDFs for 6.1.  Looking that 7.x documentation t=
hey
> have reorganized enough to make the older links not directly translatabl=
e.  I
> do wonder if updating this list is worth the effort, or if it will only =
lead to
> us revisiting this once IBM does another site change.

> The attached suggestion removes the reported SSL links, the FAQ linked t=
o on
> GEQO and all the IBM links, fully realizing that it might be controversi=
al to
> some extent.

+1 for just deleting all of it.  I don't think we need to be telling users
of obsolete AIX versions how to run their systems.  The comp.ai.genetic
FAQ link might be more of a loss, but on the other hand I'd be willing to
bet it wasn't very up to date anymore.  Netnews has been moribund for a
long time :-(

			regards, tom lane