Re: Deprecation of alternate text in hyperlinks

On 01/23/2012 11:03 AM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2012, at 9:26 AM, Karl Williamson wrote:
>
>> So, you're saying I believe the text in perlpodspec that was the motivation for these changes should be removed, and that Pod::Parser should revert to its old behavior of not checking for this.
>>
>> Is that so?
>
> I can’t parse that sentence, but if you’re asking if this bit should be removed:
>
>> "Authors wanting to link to a particular (absolute) URL, must do so
>> only with "LE<lt>scheme:...>" codes (like
>> LE<lt>http://www.perl.org>), and must not attempt "LE<lt>Some Site
>> Name|scheme:...>" codes.  This restriction avoids many problems
>> in parsing and rendering LE<lt>...>  codes."
>
> Then the answer is “yes.†And Pod::Parser should be modified to allow or support L<text|scheme:>.
>
> Best,
>
> David
>
>
>

Sorry for the confusing text.  You did parse it correctly, and blead now 
has the text from perlpodspec removed.