[Doc-SIG] Old versions of the docs on python.org
Fred L. Drake, Jr.
fdrake at acm.org
Tue Aug 12 12:38:28 EDT 2003
Garth Kidd writes:
> I suggest keeping them on the site, but adding META tags suitable for
> preventing search engines from indexing them. People will thus be funnelled
> to the main documentation because that's where the search results will
> point, but those specifically interested in the old stuff will be able to
> read it without going to the hassle of downloading the full set with FTP.
Excellent! The implementation is a little different though; the old
versions are disallowed to web crawlers using robots.txt, and the
doc/versions.html has a "nofollow" <meta> tag.
> You'll need to have at least one indexable page link to the old docs by name
> and version, though, so that a search for "Python 1.4 documentation" etc
> will succeed.
doc/versions.html is indexable and provides just that sort of entry
point.
Aahz writes:
> +1 -- provided anyone has the time to do it
I think this is completed now. If I've missed anything in
implementing this, please let me know.
-Fred
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Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org>
PythonLabs at Zope Corporation
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