Re: [BUG] The documentation webserver gives 404s [9.5.4 (release_9.5.4-3-g6dc785 @ <censored>)]

[Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>]

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 05/07/2022 05:37, Tim Cross wrote:
>> Max Nikulin writes:
>>>
>>> However it seems, Bastien earlier configured a set of rewrite rules mapping old file names
>>> with more lower case letters to new ones. In my opinion it is the best option and it
>>> should be restored. List of files may be committed to git (either Org or site) to detect
>>> changes later and to add new mappings when some file disappears.
>> Are you sure about that. There is nothing along these lines in the nginx
>> config file that I can see. Also, my reading following that thread you
>> provided earlier was that Bastien thought the overhead to manage such
>> lists was too high?
>
> Bastien. Re: Possible bug report: URL capitalization in online manual. Mon, 10 Feb 2020
> 07:48:21 +0100 https://list.orgmode.org/874kvzdjka.fsf@gnu.org/
>> I've now installed the rewrite rules on the server and all these links
>> are redirecting correctly. Given the amount of Org documentation links
>> living out there, that's really a good idea.
>
> I did not check it that time, so I can not be really sure. The rules might be lost during
> migration to deployment using SourceHut. My expectation is "301 Moved Permanently"
> redirection for obsolete file names.
>
> I do not think, a hundred of redirection rules gives significant overhead. I attributed
> Bastien's "too much" to maintaining documentation for several versions of Org. A part of
> original problem (if I get it correctly) was mix of old files survived from earlier
> versions of the manual and current ones. Certainly removing of outdated files was a proper
> step.
>
> Tim Cross:
>> At this point, my vote is to just do a basic updated 404 page that
>> points to the index.html page for orgmode.org
>
> For the manual and for the guide directories I still consider links to the table of
> contents (or even full table of contents) on 404 pages as a better variant.

I don't really care what specific page is linked to - just that we keep
it simple and have a link for an initial quick fix. Only reason I
mentioned the index.html page is that it has links to everything - worg,
git, manual, mail list etc. It is possible that people get to 404 via
links other than to the manual. 

If you or someone else wants to do something more sophisticated, I'd say
go for it.  In the meantime, I will see if I can put together a default
404 page. However, I think only Bastien has the necessary access to
install it.