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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Discontinuing qa.php.net
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From: imsop.php@rwec.co.uk ("Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]")

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On 09/09/2024 22:23, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
> Maybe for some time a 308 Permanent Redirect might be a good idea.


I don't think there's any reason to qualify with "for some time"; the 
redirect is just as likely to be useful in 10 years time as 10 weeks. 
(Sadly, the idea of a permanent redirect causing a source page to 
rewrite itself has never caught on, outside of search engine indexes.)

Luckily, redirects are cheap: point qa.php.net at the same servers as 
www.php.net, stick up a <VirtualHost> block with a handful of 
RewriteRule or Redirect directives, and there's no on-going cost.

Obviously, at some point the redirects might get accidentally broken, 
but they would also be easy to put back if somebody noticed.

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Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/09/2024 22:23, Christoph M.
      Becker wrote:<br>
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      <pre>Maybe for some time a 308 Permanent Redirect might be a good idea.</pre>
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    <p>I don't think there's any reason to qualify with "for some time";
      the redirect is just as likely to be useful in 10 years time as 10
      weeks. (Sadly, the idea of a permanent redirect causing a source
      page to rewrite itself has never caught on, outside of search
      engine indexes.)<br>
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    <p>Luckily, redirects are cheap: point qa.php.net at the same
      servers as <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.php.net">www.php.net</a>, stick up a &lt;VirtualHost&gt; block with
      a handful of RewriteRule or Redirect directives, and there's no
      on-going cost.</p>
    <p>Obviously, at some point the redirects might get accidentally
      broken, but they would also be easy to put back if somebody
      noticed.</p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Rowan Tommins
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