- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:47:35 -0600
- To: Karl Dubost <karl@la-grange.net>
- Cc: Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org>, "spec-prod@w3.org" <spec-prod@w3.org>
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Karl Dubost <karl@la-grange.net> wrote: > Not really publication, but more post-publication, managing the future past. > > Le 21 oct. 2013 à 10:26, Robin Berjon a écrit : >> Every draft in TR is required to feature a pointer to its existing snapshots (how many there are will depend on how advanced it is). > > > Very often people complained about the facts that implementers were having access to old versions of a specification. Something else that could be done. > > Linkable doesn't mean indexable. > So when version N is published, it could be possible to add version N-1 in robots.txt. such as > > User-agent: * > Disallow: /TR/2013/10/shortname-blah > > > It creates a bit more opacity on the older versions, still accessible through links (previous), but less findable through search engines. This sounds like a good idea to me. ~TJ
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