GNU bug report logs - #33393
[gnu.org #1336696] 404 link

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: webmasters <at> gnu.org

Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 09:06:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>, 33393 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33393: [gnu.org #1336696] 404 link
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:55:34 -0500
Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> I was actually about to suggest something easier: point the readers to
> an address that will never change, such as this:
>
>    https://shop.fsf.org/collection/books-docs

Are you sure about "never"? :)

> Of course, if we can arrange for a more focused URL that won't be
> invalidated by bitrot, that would be better. 

Emacs can change to any URL for the future, but the old URL is used in
past releases and their announcements, so it would be simplest if it
comes back. It ought to be trivial for the FSF store to set up a
redirect. I will do that today.




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