Message-ID: <7b5b2e25-4721-4c15-b7ec-65c8a4231897@prodsyse.com>
Date: 2021-07-19T21:14:43Z
From: Spencer Graves
Subject: R-Forge http link redirection setup busted
In-Reply-To: <990b450a-66f2-8e2d-3b8f-0a0dfee886f2@me.com>
On 7/19/21 3:36 PM, Marc Schwartz via R-devel wrote:
> 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...
I encourage anyone still trying to use R-Forge to migrate to GitHub.
I migrated in 2019 after having many problems with changes not
triggering checks and getting messages like, "there is no package called
'Matrix'". There was a discussion on r-package-devel at r-project.org in
January and February of this year on how to do that. That thread could
probably help anyone interested in doing this.
Spencer Graves
>
> 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
>>
>
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