[Haskell-cafe] idea: <package>-latest URLs for Hackage

[Joe Hillenbrand]

That link doesn't work.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackage-fu/dnpldbohleinhdgfnhlkofpgkdcfcfmf

On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 12:30 AM, Timothy Humphries <tim at utf8.me> wrote:
> I use the hackage-fu browser extension for this. It does a pretty good job,
> while we wait for a proper solution!
>
> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackage-fu/
>
> - Tim
>
> On 11 Jul 2015, at 13:29, amindfv at gmail.com wrote:
>
> I'd personally rather have a little link on all-but-latest package pages
> like "This is an older version. Jump to latest."
>
> This would solve the annoying "google shows old versions" problem and also
> would be convenient for when someone does actually want to link to a
> specific version, but don't want novices-of-the-future to not realize
> they're looking at old docs.
>
> Tom
>
>
> El Jul 9, 2015, a las 17:56, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> escribió:
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Tikhon Jelvis <tikhon at jelv.is> wrote:
>>
>> The problem, then, is visibility both to users and to Google. Since it's
>> an actual redirect, your URL bar will show the specific version when you
>> follow the link. The version number will also show up if you copy the URL
>> from one of the links on the contents page even if you got there without
>> specifying a version. (By following http://hackage.haskell.org/package/base
>>
>>
>> for example.)
>>
>
> My understanding is that Hackage is using a link tag that Google claims
> should work... but in practice does not. I think latest urls are being
> actively considered as an alternative, if I understood the discussion
> properly.
>
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