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From: Alec Warner <warnera6@×××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Removal of articles.xml from website
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:59:14
Message-Id: 42A8C9EE.2000806@egr.msu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Removal of articles.xml from website by Donnie Berkholz
1 Donnie Berkholz wrote:
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5 > Sven Vermeulen wrote:
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7 >>Many Gentoo developers have written articles about Linux and Gentoo on
8 >>third-party sites. The articles page [1] was originally meant to provide
9 >>links to those articles. However, it frequently occurs that links change
10 >>(most notably the IBM ones).
11 >>
12 >>Because it is a pain to keep these links in shape, I'm proposing to remove
13 >>the page from the Gentoo web site alltogether. Interested users can easily
14 >>find those articles by searching on the IBM DW web site themselves.
15 >>
16 >>This idea is also backed up by the fact that not many articles talk about
17 >>Gentoo and some of them are outdated (or use an outdated view that has been
18 >>superseded by newer methods).
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21 > It would still be useful to keep the titles and other info, just
22 > removing the link. Otherwise, how are people supposed to even know the
23 > articles exist?
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25 > Thanks,
26 > Donnie
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35 I have to agree here, something should be left behind. Many of the
36 articles that are linked to have helped me out in the past, and leaving
37 some sort of link or "hey go search for these @IBM" would be useful IMHO.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Removal of articles.xml from website David Morgan <david.morgan@××××××××××××××××.uk>