On 4/28/20 2:19 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 1:38 AM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org
> <mailto:jkatz@postgresql.org>> wrote:
>
> On 4/9/20 11:45 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 08:47:56PM -0400, Jonathan Katz wrote:
> >> On 4/9/20 4:57 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>> Jonathan, Stephen, with the minor release done, can we focus on
> adding
> >>> the URL redirect and completing the patch to rename this feature
> in the
> >>> docs? Thanks.
> >>
> >> Yes, I have a prototype for this ready, which I had scrambled
> together
> >> before the release. I am happy to make it committable in the
> coming days.
> >
> > Thanks. Once that is done Stephen can apply my patch with his
> > additions.
>
> Please see attached patch for pgweb that allows for the documentation to
> be redirected from a page that is removed to a newer page. The way
> it works:
>
> - Checks to see if a page is found. If it is, great!
> - Now if a page 404s, we first check to see if there is a forwarding
> address, i.e. the new page. If it is, we issue a 301 (permanent
> redirecTt).
> - If it's still not found, we abort.
>
> I believe this gives us the desired behavior.
>
> Thoughts on the patch?
>
>
> Looks good to me. Go for it.
This is deployed. Ready for the patch in core.
Thanks!
Jonathan