Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] redirecting download areas

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 04:21:38PM -0500, Karl Berry wrote:
> Sylvain and all,

Nope, "Savannah Hackers,"

> The freefont project (among others) started life as non-gnu for whatever
> reason, and files were put in its
> http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freefont/ download area.
> 
> Then we switched it to be GNU as it should have been, and it uses the
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/ download area as it should.
> 
> The problem is the savannah download area still exists in its stale
> state.  All the files are on ftp.gnu.org.  Can we archive/delete those
> files and redirect it to ftp.gnu.org?  I have no idea where to start,
> sorry.  (And didn't see anything in the wiki.)
> 
> I believe many other nonGNU-became-GNU projects could benefit from the
> same.

We can implement a specific HTTP redirection in that folder. Ok, I
even did so.  I suggest the redirection be temporary (like 6 months)
to avoid them from piling up.

Btw I remember Elfyn once implemented this site-wide and people
complained, because some GNU maintainers use both download areas
differently (including myself these days :)).

-- 
Sylvain