Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 18:41:38 +0200 From: Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org> To: "freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Localized versions of freebsd.org outdated and linked to by google Message-ID: <20240523184138.6712847c.grembo@freebsd.org>
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Hi, As I long term user I always use the English documentation of the project and like many of us, I simply rely on google to get there. In the past I could simply avoid search results that linked to localized versions, but thanks to some changes google did, it's not obvious anymore (without hovering) if the link goes to a localized version or not, as google is stripping out the language part of the URL when showing where it would link to, as in: https://www.freebsd.org =E2=80=BA releases =E2=80=BA errata It seems like this is done based on source IP address and not based on the actual locale used in the browser. What I noticed while getting to localized versions is that some of these pages are really outdated and/or broken, even those central to the project. Examples: - https://www.freebsd.org/de/releases/ This seems to have been updated last in the first year of the pandemic, listing 11.4 and 12.1 as current releases. - https://www.freebsd.org/de/security/advisories/ This is actually in English and not German, therefore it has the current content. Unfortunately all links to security advisories are broken. I think this situation needs to be resolved, either by updating these pages by whatever means or by giving up localization - at least for the languages we cannot support. Best Michael --=20 Michael Gmelin
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