[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9215: Add versionsing to Codex

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#9215: Add versionsing to Codex
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 Reporter:  sampablokuper    |       Owner:  matt
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new 
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  2.8 
Component:  WordPress.org    |     Version:      
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:      
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 Several good open source web-frameworks/CMSs, e.g.
 [http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/0.96/overview/ Django], apply
 versioning to their user manuals (notice the "0.96" in the preceding URL)
 to match their releases. WordPress doesn't, which leads to problems like
 [http://codex.wordpress.org/index.php?title=Talk:Creating_a_Static_Front_Page&oldid=55994#What_do_we_want_from_this_page.3F
 this].

 I suggest WordPress adopts this kind of versioning for its user manual,
 the [http://codex.wordpress.org Codex]. The sooner, the better, IMHO.

 The process would involve copying the existing documentation to a new
 version number for each significant release, and then modifying only the
 pages of the new Codex copy that referenced parts of WordPress that had
 changed in that release.

 If this was done, it would be a big boon for people developing sites with
 WordPress and people who want to work on the documentation but who aren't
 sure which version(s) to target.

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