[pydotorg-www] links for in-development versions of documentation

Michael Foord michael at python.org
Mon Oct 29 18:43:50 CET 2012


An additional report from a user to webmaster at python.org :

Also, the "Python 2.x * Browse Current Documentation" link actually goes to "Python v3.3.0 documentation"!

On 29 Oct 2012, at 06:51, Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdonek at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Michael Foord <michael at python.org> wrote:
>> Thanks Chris, I'm forwarding this to the web team.
> 
> Thanks, Michael.  I also came across a broken link here: "Module
> Index" after "Browse Current Documentation" under Python 2.x on this
> page:
> 
> http://www.python.org/doc/
> 
> It looks like it should point here:
> 
> http://docs.python.org/2/py-modindex.html (or equivalently
> http://docs.python.org/py-modindex.html)
> 
> instead of--
> 
> http://docs.python.org/modindex.html
> 
> --Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>> On 28 Oct 2012, at 19:06, Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdonek at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, I noticed on "the complete list of documentation by Python version":
>>> 
>>> http://www.python.org/doc/versions/
>>> 
>>> that there are no direct links to the latest in-development versions
>>> for 2.7, 3.2, and 3.3.  There is only a direct link to the
>>> in-development 3.4 version (as well as direct links to the *released*
>>> versions of 2.7, 3.2, and 3.3).
>>> 
>>> I think it would be useful to add sub-bullets under the first bullet
>>> ("Unreleased, development versions of the documentation") that lists
>>> direct links to the latest in-development version of each version
>>> still under development:
>>> 
>>> * http://docs.python.org/2.7/
>>> * http://docs.python.org/3.2/
>>> * http://docs.python.org/3.3/
>>> * http://docs.python.org/3.4/
>>> 
>>> If you choose not to include direct links for these in-development
>>> versions, I think you should include a note stating that these
>>> in-development versions exist and that they can be found by navigating
>>> from the latest development version http://docs.python.org/dev/ .
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> --Chris
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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