946666 – Instead of 404, provide a redirect to moved packages

Bug 946666 - Instead of 404, provide a redirect to moved packages

Summary: Instead of 404, provide a redirect to moved packages

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Websites
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Packages Website

URL:	https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/...
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Reported:	2024-12-19 10:04 UTC by Sv. Lockal
Modified:	2024-12-19 10:04 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Sv. Lockal 2024-12-19 10:04:50 UTC

Package moves break all external links (Gentoo Wiki, forums, reddits, google, etc.) are sometimes are untrivial. Example from https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/blob/master/profiles/updates/4Q-2024:

  move dev-python/clang-python dev-python/clang
  move sys-libs/libomp llvm-runtimes/openmp
  move dev-ml/llvm-ocaml dev-ml/llvm

Instead of returning 404 on https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-libs/libomp, could you parse profiles/updates files and return 301 Moved Permanently to a new package? Thanks!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Move a package
2. Search for package name in Google
3. Open the first link
Actual Results:  
404

Expected Results:  
301 -> 200