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For the absolute vast majority of cases this is a quite a simple problem. Most don't care though. A rewrite of a site does not rewrite all the content. It is s
by tjoff 5y ago
For the absolute vast majority of cases this is a quite a simple problem. Most don't care though.
A rewrite of a site does not rewrite all the content. It is still there, the database might have been migrated but all the information is still there and the conversion process has everything it needs to do the final step of preserving one ID, or one string, that trivially can map an old URL to a new one that contains the same actual content.
Sure, some intermediate pages might get lost but that is not something that is particularly valuable anyway and not something one usually links directly to. Don't let perfect get in the way of good enough.
- dredmorbius 5y agoSites aren't merely re-written, they're abandoned, hosters/maintainers die, they're hijacked, bought and sold, or vanish in datacentre fires or other disasters. Entire TLDs may disappear or get transferred. The foundations, in a word, are profoundly unstable. The entire ediface has little robustness. If you want preservation, find a better mechanism. URIs ain't it.
- tjoff 5y agoSure, but that is not really what the article is about. And rewrites are the most common of them and also being the easiest to actually have control over, and most can't even be bothered with that.