Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: Bugzilla Bug Report Assistant

Hi Christoph, *,

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Christoph Noack <christoph@dogmatux.com> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 06.10.2011, 14:10 +0200 schrieb Florian Effenberger:
> > Christian Lohmaier wrote on 2011-09-26 01:12:
> > > as many are german, I share what I immeadiately thought of:
> > > http://drehscheibe.libreoffice.org/bugs?version=3.4.3&os=win64
> > > and
> > > http://drehscheibe.libreoffice.org/support?version=3.4.3&os=linx86
> > >
> > > an english equivalent that has the additional benefit of being shorter
> > > would be "hub"
> > >
> > > so I'd propose
> > > http://hub.libreoffice.org/<type>[?paramenters]
>
> Two comments:
>      * It should be possible to have more than one link from within
>        LibreOffice -> e.g. extensions, templates, bugs, feedback,
>        ordering coffee, ...

Yes, that's covered, the initial part of the URL would reflect that,
in the above example the "type" string.
i.e. hub.libreoffice.org/extensions[?parameters]
hub.libreoffice.org/templates{?parameters] etc.

>      * The maintenance effort should be low - I don't know if the
>        current idea means to manually add redirects for each published
>        version.

No - simplest is to create "versioned" pages as necessary and evaluate
the URL parameters either using javascript on the client or with php
on the server - both are simple to implement.
In case there is no match, just hand out the current/default page as
if no parameters were given.

>      * It should also work for "derivatives" or non-TDF builds. Working
>        means that we should be able to guide the user to a page that
>        explains why its not working / what's the alternative.

How to do that is a matter of policy / how likely it is to encounter
such an URL from outside LibreOffice for example. If such an URL is
frequently used, then it is bothersome to use

hub.libreoffice.org/whatever?derivate=fedora

it would then be easier to have a lik
hub.libreoffice.org/whatever-fedora for example.

But that's a detail, my main concern was to have one single domainname
instead of 20.

> > indeed, you raise very valid points here, and I am in favor of your
> > solution - thanks for bringing this up!
> >
> > Would "hub" be a name acceptable for everyone? Alternatively, we can
> > also use the more technical term of "redirect", in case we want to
> > reserve the name "hub" for some future items.
>
> Yes, redirect is fine for me ... personally, I never heard "hub" for
> that (might just disclose my non-knowledge *g*).

I was thinking about airport hub, like a central airport that connects
many routes (Verkehrsknotenpunkt) - or the center of a wheel (Nabe)
where the individual spokes (Speichen) are connected with each other.

ciao
Christian

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