[docs] Python doc google search results 3.0 vs 2.6

Zachary Ware zachary.ware+pydocs at gmail.com
Wed May 14 01:17:27 CEST 2014


Hi Chris,

On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Christopher J. White
<chris at grierwhite.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Not sure if this is a bug or just a weirdness with google.  When I do a
> google search such as "python subprocess", the first result that comes back
> looks like the following:
>
> Showing results for python subprocess
>
> 17.1. subprocess - Python 3.4.0 documentation
>
> https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html
>
> The subprocess module allows you to spawn new processes, connect to their
> input/output/error pipes, and obtain their return codes. This module intends
> to ...
>
> Notice the header says 3.4.0 but the link goes to python.org/2, and in fact
> when you click you are looking at the 2.x version docs.
>
> I noticed this crop up about a week ago, I see it on lots of searches.  I
> don't see any reference to 3.4.0 in the source for that file, so I'm not
> sure how it could be a python.org issue, but I'm not a search engine expert.

This a known issue with Google that has been discussed a few times in
various places, but we have yet to figure out some way to fix it on
our end.  If you have any suggestions, please let us know! :)

Thanks for the report,
-- 
Zach


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