[Python-Dev] docs.python.org pointing to Python 3 by default? (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon May 21 14🔞03 CEST 2012

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

Apart from the "latest" one, all these URLs already work.

Yeah, I was just extending the scheme I already knew existed :)

Of course, /2.7 is redirected to /, and /3.3 to /dev, etc. If required, the direction of these redirects can be changed, so that e.g. / goes to /2.7.

What about: * Canonical: docs.python.org/2/ docs.python.org/3/ for latest versions of 2.x and 3.x docs.python.org/2.7/ etc. for latest minor versions docs.python.org/dev/ for latest dev version. * Redirected: docs.python.org/  -->  either /2/ or /3/ or a "disambiguation page" docs.python.org/py3k/ -> /3/

Works for me. It also means we're covered if Guido ever finds a reason to create Python 4000 :)

I also like Martin's idea of offering more links between individual pages, not only the front-pages.

Definite +1 on that. I personally like Django's version selector (for reasons stated elsewhere in the thread), but anything that makes it easier to hop between versions would be good.

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia

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