http://xfree86.cygwin.com/

[Robert Collins]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/


> On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 05:11:55PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
> >To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> >Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 5:01 PM
> >Subject: Re: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/
> >
> >
> >I know.  But url's like <a href="../mirrors.htm">mirrors page<a> are
> >broken if a user goes to xfree86.cygwin.com.  This needs to be fixed
> >one of three ways.
>
> I can always tweak the configuration to allow ../mirrors.html (or maybe even
> just ..) to mean the right thing when referencing xfree86.cygwin.com.

I'd be interested to see that. (Most browsers interpret ../mirrors.htm when the current 'directory' is / to be /mirrors.htm, not
/../mirrors.htm

so they won't send
HTTP/1.1 GET /../mirrors.htm
Host: xfree86.cygwin.com

which I do believe you could make a workaround on.)


> >1) turn xfree86.cygwin.com off
> >2) redo the whole site replace "../mirrors.htm" & similar with " http://www.cygwin.com/mirrors.htm "
> >3) make the xfree86.cygwin.com return a 301 or 302 HTTP status line & a Location header which will send browsers to
> >" http://www.cygwin.com/xfree86 "
> >
> >> When I mentioned using cygwin.com I really meant that if you are referring to
> >> the cygwin project I'd prefer going using cygwin.com.  You can do what you
> >> like with your web page, of course.
> >
> >I understood it the way you describe it.  The issue I am referring to
> >is a corollary of moving from a sub-dir on every alias to a domain
> >prefix on one or more alias's..  We currently refer to cygwin.com &
> >sources.redhat.com/cygwin by relative paths, not by absolute URL's.
> >This is much more convenient for mirror sites, and when using aliases
> >(such as cygwin.com & sources.redhat.com/cygwin).
> >
> >I don't want to switch to absolute URL's unless there is a recognised
> >benefit.  Suhaib may want the ease of reference for other users that
> >xfree86.cygwin.com may bring - so it's his choice.
>
> Ok.  I understand now.  Sorry for the confusion.
>
> If you all don't want this then I'll remove it.
>
> cgf
>

lets see what Suhaib wants.

Suhaib: I'd rather we remove xfree86.xygwin.com and keep the current layout.

Rob.