[Rd] R-Forge http link redirection setup busted

[Spencer Graves]

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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