Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] [Savannah-users] Download releases-nodirect

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello,

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On Sun, Mar 05, 2017 at 12:20:37PM +0100, Andreas Ronnquist wrote:
> There seems to be a problem with the no-redirect for downloads, which
> are used in Debian watch files - I am using
>
> http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases-noredirect/[project]/[project].tar.gz

The 'releases-noredirect' is an internal implementation detail which
can be changed at any moment and should not be used in public URLs.

If you need to bypass the mirror redirection please use:
http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/[project]/[project].tar.gz
(i.e. same URL, just replace 'download' with 'download-mirror' host 
name).

Compare:

   $ curl -s -o /dev/null -D /dev/stderr \
         http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/test-project/README
   HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily
   Location: http://gnu.mirrors.pair.com/savannah/savannah/test-project/README
   ...


   $ curl -s -o /dev/null -D /dev/stderr \
         http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/test-project/README
   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
   Content-Length: 908
   ...


Generally bypassing the mirrors is not recommended,
as it overloads our servers and negates the point of having mirrors.
You've mentioned "Debian watch files" - do these use HTTP HEAD to just 
check for updates?


regards,
- assaf