[wwwdocs] Update links to C++ ABI

Mitchell, Mark mark_mitchell@mentor.com
Sun Aug 26 17:54:00 GMT 2012


Gerald --

I think that the GitHub address is more canonical at this point, so I would recommend that.  That said, I would expect the codesourcery.com address to work "forever"; Mentor IT has set up permanent redirects for addresses from that domain.

Thank you,

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Mark Mitchell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Pfeifer [mailto:gerald@pfeifer.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 10:02 AM
> To: Ian Lance Taylor; Mitchell, Mark
> Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org; Jonathan Wakely; gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [wwwdocs] Update links to C++ ABI
> 
> On Sun, 26 Aug 2012, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> >> It used to be http://sourcery.mentor.com/public/cxx-abi/ as of
> >> lately, and now redirects to http://mentorembedded.github.com/cxx-
> abi/ .
> >>
> >> I went ahead and updated all our references per the patch below.
> > I don't think that is wise.  The document itself promises that the
> > permanent URL is http://codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/ .  No other URL is
> > promised to be permanent.  I think we should link to the permanent
> URL
> > as long as it continues to work.
> 
> Well, the document itself also carries "Revised 20 March 2001" in line
> 2. ;-)
> 
> Mark, any recommendation from your side?  Is it fine to refer to the
> new mentorembedded.github.com address?
> 
> (Linking to a page that redirects makes verifying the accuracy of links
> tricky.)
> 
> Gerald



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