Re: com web/php: Redirect AMQP pages to its github page: error.php

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Philip Olson <philip@roshambo.org> wrote: > > On May 15, 2014, at 11:23 AM, Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Philip Olson <philip@php.net> wrote: >>> Commit: 636a531aa68918de34ee4480f812e67679d0762a >>> Author: philip <philip@roshambo.org> Thu, 15 May 2014 11:07:41 -0700 >>> Parents: 6e1ead211415c4bce472f1c9a653379d44eedb04 >>> Branches: master >>> >>> Link: >>> http://git.php.net/?p=web/php.git;a=commitdiff;h=636a531aa68918de34ee4480f812e67679d0762a >>> >>> Log: >>> Redirect AMQP pages to its github page >>> >> >> >> I don't think this is a good idea at all. >> We didn't even do this when smarty.php.net left... Also, people will >> get used to doing php.net/amqp and getting the redirect and then be >> pissed off when it no longer works. >> >> Also. The github repo you are redirecting to is _NOT_ the one >> maintained on pecl.php.net. That website link points to: >> http://pecl.php.net/package/amqp >> >> I think this should be reverted. > > Hello Hannes, > > I think it’s a reasonable addition, and it does include a > status_header(404) call. There have been several bug reports > for these missing documents so the idea is to give users what > they want and for us to deal with fewer bogus bug reports. > > The link was updated to the correct github page. > > Do you really think people will be angry that php.net/amqp > won’t work a year or so from now? Maybe a landing page for > all such changes would be better? It could list big changes > like amqp, smarty, domxml, and so on, along with links to > their new homes (or include explanations on why they are > now homeless). Sounds like that could work better. I'd prefer a landing page where they have to actively click the new link, yes. -Hannes