493626 - Archive Firefox Extension directory on www.mozilla.org

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[David Boswell]

If the Firefox extensions directory on www.mozilla.org is no longer being used,
I'd like to remove those pages from the repository.  It looks like all relevant
pages are being redirected, but I wanted to check first before doing anything.

http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-org/source/html/projects/firefox/extensions/

Comment 1

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

I don't know what that directory is, which means we haven't used it in the last 3+ years. I'm okay with removing it.

Comment 2

[David Boswell]

OK, the files are gone.  If you need to bring anything back, let me know.

Comment 3

[Skip Montanaro]

I'm confused.  When I search at Google for "how do I create a thunderbird extension" the first hit is

    http://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/specs/extensions.html

which tells me that this page is highly out-of-date.  I have to assume:

    * people still want to learn how to write Thunderbird extensions

    * somehow you no longer provide that information on the up-to-date mozilla.org website

Consequently, people who want to learn are directed to outdated information.

I would suggest one of the following possibilities:

   * delete the archive version altogether so Google can go about finding something more appropriate

   * make the above link redirect somewhere more up-to-date (perhaps something outside of mozilla.org)

   * restore the above content to the current site and update its content

Comment 4

[David Boswell]

> * make the above link redirect somewhere more up-to-date (perhaps something
> outside of mozilla.org)

This is our preferred option for handling archived pages, although there is not always a suitable page to redirect people to.  If you know of a page to redirect that Thunderbird extension doc to, feel free to let us know (please open a different bug though since this bug is about the Firefox Extension directory).

Comment 5

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

The new Add-on Developer Hub has a page on Thunderbird add-ons here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/docs/how-to/thunderbird-mobile

or it could just point to the MDC Thunderbird Extensions index: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extensions/Thunderbird

(Please file a separate bug as David mentioned if you think either of these is appropriate)