R-Forge http link redirection setup busted

Dirk,

I have not use R-Forge in years, but on the main page 
(https://r-forge.r-project.org), just before the blue "Latest News" box, 
it shows:

"If you experience any problems or need help you can submit a support 
request to the R-Forge team or write an email to R-Forge at R-Project.org."

I have copied that e-mail address here. The URL for the support request 
form requires a login to R-Forge to access.

Also, there appears to be a top level project associated with the 
R-Forge Admins here:

 ? https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/site/

with references to the project members in the upper right hand corner.

No activity from the Admins there since December 2020, from what I can 
tell...

Regards,

Marc Schwartz


Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote on 7/19/21 4:03 PM:

(Sorry for posting here but the top-level r-forge page does not make 
it all
that clear where to contact its admins.)

When an old-style 'http' URL at r-forge is resolved / redirected to 
'https',
it is corrupted and the redirect breaks.? That required a package 
re-upload
for me a few days ago (as the CRAN url checker is unhappy about a 
borked URL)
and you can see it live too e.g. via

   
https://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rcpp-devel

and going to 'rcpp-devel archives' where the hover URL is (note 'http')

?? http://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/pipermail/rcpp-devel/

which when followed 'naively' drops the / between .org and pipermail and
gets a 404

?? https://lists.r-forge.r-project.orgpipermail/rcpp-devel/

Reinjecting the missing / helps as

?? https://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/pipermail/rcpp-devel/

works fine.? This is likely a typo / error in the redirection setup of 
the
web server.

I would be very grateful if someone could pass this on to whoever 
looks after
r-forge these days.

Best,? Dirk