[Rd] R-Forge http link redirection setup busted

[Marc Schwartz]

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> On Jul 19, 2021, at 5:30 PM, Arlene Battishill <arlenebattishill using gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 5:15 PM Spencer Graves <spencer.graves using prodsyse.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 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 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...
>> 
>> 
>>           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 using 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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