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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] packages.gentoo.org lives!
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:23:05
Message-Id: 200711291020.11818.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] packages.gentoo.org lives! by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 On Tuesday 13 November 2007, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
2 > If you had bookmarks to the old style of URL, please consult the FAQ for
3 > the new form. We are NOT rewriting these URLs:
4 > '/packages/?category=media-sound;name=mp3unicode'
5 > (The new form is '/package/media-sound/mp3unicode').
6
7 why ? you've just broken every site out there that links to us in the common
8 form you've quoted here. there's no reason you cant add three lines of code
9 to check if the "category" GET variable exists and if so, redirect
10 accordingly.
11 -mike

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