[GHC] #15514: Older Trac ticket links redirect to this site, but not to the specific ticket

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#15514: Older Trac ticket links redirect to this site, but not to the specific
ticket
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        Reporter:  ChaiTRex          |                Owner:  hvr
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Trac & Git        |              Version:
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Description changed by ChaiTRex:

Old description:

> == Current behavior ==
>
> An old ticket link is redirected to this new site, just not to the actual
> ticket, so some form of redirection is configured:
>
> ||         ||= old link                                      =||=
> redirects to                    =||
> ||= HTTP  =||  http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||
> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc ||
> ||= HTTPS =|| https://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||
> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc ||
>
> == Desired outcome ==
>
> An old ticket link should redirect to the actual ticket:
>
> ||         ||= old link                                      =||=
> redirects to                    =||
> ||= HTTP  =||  http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||
> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||
> ||= HTTPS =|| https://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||
> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||

New description:

 == Current behavior ==

 An old ticket link is redirected to this new site, just not to the actual
 ticket, so some form of redirection is configured:

 ||         ||= old link                                      =||=
 redirects to                    =||
 ||= HTTP  =||  http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||
 https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc ||
 ||= HTTPS =|| https://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||
 https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc ||

 == Desired outcome ==

 An old ticket link should redirect to the actual ticket:

 ||         ||= old link                                      =||=
 redirects to                    =||
 ||= HTTP  =||  http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||
 https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||
 ||= HTTPS =|| https://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||
 https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/698 ||

 == Importance ==

 This is at least mildly important, as sites like Stack Overflow and old
 mailing list archives that show up in Google results still have comments
 and posts with these old Trac links, and some of those Trac tickets
 contain information that is very valuable.

 It would be nice if the user experience upon clicking one of the old links
 was much better.

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