From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-06-20T07:14:34+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Download page on ruby-lang has numeric URL

On Jun 19, 2006, at 3:32 AM, Hugh Sasse wrote:

> This is off-topic to ruby-core, but possibly core to ruby's uptake:
> Would it be possible to alias
>
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020102.html
>
> to something like
>
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/download.html
>
> such that the alias tracks the latest version?  I had a link to the
> download page, and it is now broken.  To have a URL dependent on a
> date would seem to create a maintenance problem for people linking,
> generally.  If such an alias exists already it might be worth changing
> the download link on the main page (the English one, anyway) so people
> find it.

Note that that page has been updated many times since 20020102...

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