Re: fixing out of date URLs

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 7 October 2012 10:11, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
> I started updating a bunch of wrong URLs in the source tree, then
> realized I should fix this on the stable branch, right?

Yes, please.

> The "info" command says:
>
>   Descriptions of mailing lists devoted to Octave are available at
>   http://www.octave.org/archive.html
>
> There is no more dedicated page for mailing lists that I can see, how
> about something like:
>
>   Links to the mailing list and other resources for getting help with
> Octave are available at
>   http://www.octave.org/support.html
>
> ?

Sounds good.

> This URL is also in OctaveFAQ.texi where it is only talking about
> the help list, so I would also replace that with support.html.

OctaveFAQ.texi is obsolete since it's been moved into the wiki. I
wouldn't worry about it.

> Also noticed a couple of inconsistent links to OF, which is preferred between:
>   http://octave.sf.net
>   http://octave.sourceforge.net
>
> ?

I don't think either is preferred, but I typically type the first
because it's shorter.

- Jordi G. H.