[RFC] Legacy documentation

[Stuart Ellis]

On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 08:30 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 10:34 +0100, Stuart Ellis wrote:
> > - Do people think it's useful/feasible to specify which versions of
> > Fedora a document pertains to within the document, or not ?
> 
> Absolutely!  I have used a local entity like &FCLOCALVER; to "fix" the
> pertinent information.  This scheme works even for documents that we
> will continue to maintain.  

OK.  Perhaps we can formalise that as &FCTARGETVER; or similar ?

> > - What should happen when the version of Fedora Core is no longer
> > supported by Legacy ?  At some point copies of a document will be still
> > in circulation with no support at all.
> 
> We'd have to decide whether to keep an "obsolete docs" page around, or
> to simply hit 'em with the Official FDP/Acme Death Ray.  I like the
> former idea.  I think all documents should include a statement that the
> newest official version of a document can be found at the FDP web site.
> There could be a statement on the FDP web site to the effect that if you
> don't see your document there, check the "obsolete" page for more
> information. 

I've now filed an RFE for this as bug 155179, with a link to your post.