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Search for "RFC NNNN" fails #1999

Closed ietf-svn-bot closed 3 years ago

ietf-svn-bot commented 8 years ago

resolution_fixed type_defect | by mt@lowentropy.net

This is pretty elementary stuff.

A search for "RFCNNNN", "NNNN" or "RFC NNNN" should go directly to the document. Having it skip the search results page would be ideal.

Issue migrated from trac:1999 at 2022-03-04 05:01:17 +0000

ietf-svn-bot commented 8 years ago

@rjsparks@nostrum.com commented

I see two issues with this suggestion:

We've tried having "skip the click and go to the thing when a find-the-things page returns only one thing" logic on other pages and have had to back the idea out because of complaints. (We've done this with sessions before, for instance).

The particular suggestion would keep someone from finding documents with NNNN in their name (such as draft-ietf-stir-rfc4474bis).

Perhaps what you really want is a separate widget to say "give me this RFC"?

ietf-svn-bot commented 8 years ago

@mt@lowentropy.net commented

I see your point. I would be even happier with a "I'm feeling lucky" option.

I use the 404 handler on tools.i.o pretty much all the time. An equivalent function for datatracker would fix one of the two things I stay on tools for (the other being hyperlinking, and I know that's coming).

ietf-svn-bot commented 6 years ago

@rjsparks@nostrum.com changed priority from n/a to minor

ietf-svn-bot commented 4 years ago

@rjsparks@nostrum.com changed status from new to accepted

ietf-svn-bot commented 3 years ago

@mt@lowentropy.net commented

In discussions about changes to /doc/html/, Robert observed that scoping this to that URL prefix might be the best way to avoid problems with searching for bis documents and the like. That seems entirely reasonable.

ietf-svn-bot commented 3 years ago

@rjsparks@nostrum.com changed status from accepted to closed

ietf-svn-bot commented 3 years ago

@rjsparks@nostrum.com set resolution to fixed

ietf-svn-bot commented 3 years ago

@rjsparks@nostrum.com commented

Fixed in 5f6816d74235d2a6d3aa40833a2acedcec03fdbf:

Handle bare numbers and rfc names with a space for the /doc/html view. Fixes #1999. Commit ready for merge.

ietf-svn-bot commented 3 years ago

@rjsparks@nostrum.com commented

Fixed in 3bbd3ed2f64a97a3023928e4fdec18eeb68a342a:

Merged in 5f6816d74235d2a6d3aa40833a2acedcec03fdbf from rjsparks@nostrum.com: Handle bare numbers and rfc names with a space for the /doc/html view. Fixes #1999.