Broken links in GHC User’s Manual

Hi! When I go to https://www.haskell.org/ghc/ and click on “Documentation”, I’m taken to https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/ . Clicking there on the entry for Section 9.1, for example, takes me to https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/glasgow_exts.... , where there is no page. On the other hand, when I go to https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/index.html (which I have in my bookmarks) and then click on the entry for Section 9.1, I’m taken to https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/glasgow_exts... , where there is the expected page. Could this perhaps be fixed? Thank you. All the best, Wolfgang

Somewhat related: wouldn't it be better if the latest docs redirected you to the "forever" stable link for the latest release? This would also lessen possible link rot as raised in https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/18404. Adam Sandberg Eriksson On Sat, 11 Jul 2020, at 15:42, Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote:
Hi!
When I go to https://www.haskell.org/ghc/ and click on “Documentation”, I’m taken to
https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/ .
Clicking there on the entry for Section 9.1, for example, takes me to
https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/glasgow_exts.... ,
where there is no page. On the other hand, when I go to
https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/index.html
(which I have in my bookmarks) and then click on the entry for Section 9.1, I’m taken to
https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/glasgow_exts... ,
where there is the expected page.
Could this perhaps be fixed? Thank you.
All the best, Wolfgang
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"Adam Sandberg Eriksson"
Somewhat related: wouldn't it be better if the latest docs redirected you to the "forever" stable link for the latest release? This would also lessen possible link rot as raised in https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/18404.
Yes, that is fair. It's slightly less convenient from a sysadmin perspective but I agree that it's the right thing to do. Cheers, - Ben
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Adam Sandberg Eriksson
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Ben Gamari
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Wolfgang Jeltsch