[Python-Dev] How best to handle the docs for a renamed module?

[André Malo]

* M.-A. Lemburg wrote: 


> On 2008-05-12 04:34, Brett Cannon wrote:
> > For the sake of argument, let's consider the Queue module. It is now
> > named queue. For 2.6 I plan on having both Queue and queue listed in
> > the index, with Queue deprecated with instructions to use the new
> > name.
> >
> > But what to do about all the references. Should we leave them pointing
> > at Queue to lessen confusion for people who read about some module on
> > some other site that isn't using the new name, or update everything in
> > 2.6 to use the new name?
>
> How hard would it be to add a redirects from the old pages to the
> new ones ?
>
> mod_rewrite does wonders - well, provided you find the right patterns...

The "pattern" can be a simple text file maintained in subversion::

  oldurl newurl
  ...

And then you can utilize RewriteMap to get that into the apache.

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