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[Otto]

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Gavin Pearce <Gavin.Pearce at 3seven9.com> wrote:
>> You're corrupting your
>> content by making it incapable of standing alone, and this sets you up
>> for problems down the road.
>
> The (slim) counter argument to this of course, is that you're corrupting
> your content with absolute URLs, that are also subject to change.

URLs should never be changed. That's the whole point.

Yes, under extreme circumstances, URLs will change. These
circumstances should be a) extreme, b) rare, and c) carefully planned
out in advance.

If you're changing URLs on a regular basis, then you're doing it wrong.

-Otto