[address-policy-wg] address-policy-wg Digest, Vol 28, Issue 1

Hi,

Op 9 dec. 2013, om 23:54 heeft Nick Hilliard <nick at inex.ie> het volgende geschreven:
> On 09/12/2013 22:20, Sander Steffann wrote:
>> can the NCC please make sure that links to mailing list archives are
>> never broken? There are too many external references to them
> 
> reality check: "never" is a long time and the ripe web site is labyrinthine.

True

> Creating a requirement never to break URLs sounds like a great idea until
> you realise how much work is required to implement it, and how restrictive
> it can become.  It's usually better to depend on an up-to-date search
> mechanism.

I prefer URLs to crucial stuff like mailing list archives and RIPE documents to be stable. Of course, _never_ may be the wrong requirement, but breaking such URLs should be done consciously, if/when it happens. In this case it seems to be a different mistake anyway, but this is a good thing to keep in mind for the future :-)

Cheers!
Sander