Re: Stale copy of Debian Kernel Handbook

On Sun, 2025-09-21 at 13:16 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> 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.

Thank you!

> 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?
[...]

It's mostly aimed at Debian users, so I think it should be listed in the
"Manuals for Users" column instead.

Ben.


-- 
Ben Hutchings
Power corrupts.  Absolute power is kind of neat. - John Lehman

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