[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 118235] obsolete LO wiki help pages dominate Google search results

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118235

--- Comment #5 from mat.venturini at outlook.com ---
> Maybe for supported versions.
True. For some pieces of software, as is the case for programming frameworks
like Laravel, it is necessary to keep the documentation and help for old,
unsupported versions because some IT depratments cannot keep up with the latest
releases despite their efforts, since a lot of code-breaking changes are made
with each release. With LibreOffice, though, that's certainly not the case;
even if someone still uses Windows XP and has LibreOffice 5.x, they certainly
can still navigate around and use the applications even if the help system
contain entries for LO 6.x and 7 (when it gets released).

I also have to mention that it is really weird that LO still allows for bugs
for unsupported versions all the way back to 3.x to be filled here in their
Bugzilla, as if these versions were still supported, it feels really weird. But
considering how out of date their Bugzilla installation is, I can't say I'm
surprised.

> BTW, searching for "Configuration caching Laravel" gives me three
> results for "Caching - Laravel" with identical breadcrumbs
> "laravel.com › docs › cache".
I never tought much about this until you mentioned it now. That's true, it can
be really annoying, but it's really easy to solve: just make the most
up-to-date version of the page indexed by search engines, really not sure why
the Laravel webmasters didn't do this yet. If users want help for an older but
still supported version, you can access it by the menu.

Another annoying thing is that if you are reading about a feature from an older
version and you then choose a more recent one in their website but this feature
was removed in this new version you selected, you will get a "sorry but nothing
was found" page. Why not just not include this version in the list then? Just
rambling...

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