Re: Stale copy of Debian Kernel Handbook

Hi,

Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote (Sun, 03 Aug 2025 04:45:19 +0200):
> Hi web team,
> 
> Today I was informed that there is a stale copy (last updated in 2018)
> of the Debian Kernel Handbook at
> <https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-kernel-handbook/>.  Most
> unfortunately, Google ranks this version above the current version.
> 
> Please can you replace this with a redirect to the canonical URL, which
> is <https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/>?
> 
> I didn't find any reference to either of these locations in the WML so I
> don't think anything else would need to be updated.

I removed the old files now, so with the next mirror sync that copy
should be gone.

Regarding the redirect topic:
What about listing this manual on d.o/doc/manuals in the devel manuals 
section, separated from the others, with a note, that it's stored externally?

With a one-liner like this:

diff --git a/english/doc/index.wml b/english/doc/index.wml
index ce4474c7607..a2c26674a1e 100644
--- a/english/doc/index.wml
+++ b/english/doc/index.wml
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ name and/or links to the online versions.</p>
       <li><a href="devel-manuals#dbapp-policy">Policy for packages using databases</a></li>
     </ul>
 
+    <p><a href="https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/">Debian Kernel Handbook</a> (on pages.debian.net)</p>
+
   </div>
 </div>


See screenshot for a proposal.


Holger


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