[Python-Dev] www.python.org/doc and docs.python.org hotfixed

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    Nick> The old doc directories are already kept around (all the way back
    Nick> to 1.4 in fact: http://www.python.org/doc/1.4/)

    Nick> As a quick fix for the old links, a rewrite rule to map such links
    Nick> to the 2.5 docs seems like a very good idea to me. Since old URLs
    Nick> all use abbreviations in the directory name (tut, lib, mac, ref,
    Nick> ext, api, doc, inst, dist), it should be straightforward to
    Nick> redirect them without affecting the links to the new docs
    Nick> (tutorial, using, reference, howto, extending, c-api, install,
    Nick> distutils, documenting).

Yes, we should probably still get the top-level links redirected to the new
docs though.  The 2.5 tutorial is probably going to get stale over time
while the 2.6 version will be updated at least until 2.7 is released.

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