[Rd] R-Forge http link redirection setup busted

[Marc Schwartz]

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 using 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
>