On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 at 21:09, Jordi Kroon <jordikroon@me.com> wrote:
I found the link to lists.php.net at PHP: Mailing Lists. Specifically below the "Mailing List Options H2” (see web-php/mailing-lists.php at master · php/web-php · GitHub).
We could remove the link, or we could create a redirect for it. The redirect would be purely for convenience, so anyone managing their preferences can simply follow it through to the subdomain the email originates from.
If the outcome is to remove the link, I will create a PR for that.
On 1 Jan 2026 at 8:27 PM +0100, Kamil Tekiela <tekiela246@gmail.com>, wrote:
On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 at 18:41, Jordi Kroon <jordikroon@me.com> wrote:
Hi there,
Happy New Year.
While reviewing HTTP links I spotted a few subdomains that do not
resolve anymore for various reasons.
Within the PHP.net mailing list page there is a link pointing
lists.php.net. As this link is very relevant I would suggest redirecting
it to the same page as the link is mentioned.
PHP: Mailing Lists
Secondly there is a docs.php.net that is not relevant anymore. Which we
could redirect to www.php.net for legacy purposed. For example; SO has
links to the docs that we might not want to break
(https://stackexchange.com/search?q=url%3Adocs.php.net).
In my PR (Fase out http links to https links where possible by jordikroon · Pull Request #1731 · php/web-php · GitHub) I have changed those
to www.php.net as they are compatible with the links on PHP.net itself.
Looking forwards to your thoughts.
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Jordi Kroon
It would be nice if you shared some context. Where did you find a link
to lists.php.net?
I was not familiar with docs.php.net but web archive opens the same
page that we get on the root subdomain, so I think it's just one of
the old obsolete subdomains that got decommissioned some time ago. In
that case, replace it with php.net. Please do it in a separate PR.
I see, that's what you meant. No, the link shouldn't point to itself.
I wonder why that subdomain is no longer available. Perhaps someone on
this list knows the reason. I would leave it as it is now, because the
link points to the right place, but that place is gone. If it's never
going to come back again, then the paragraph needs to be rewritten to
remove the mention of it.