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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix ICU explorer link in locale documentation
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Anton Voloshin <a.voloshin@postgrespro.ru>, Magnus Hagander
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:39:45 +0200
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On Thu, 2021-05-27 at 08:59 +0200, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-05-27 at 11:10 +0700, Anton Voloshin wrote:
> > So I guess the https://icu4c-demos.unicode.org/icu-bin/locexp link is 
> > still the proper one, and eventually it will be fixed. Anyway, the old 
> > link, https://ssl.icu-project.org/icu-bin/locexp, if one goes through 
> > "wrong domain in certificate" errors, still redirects to the same
> > https://icu4c-demos.unicode.org/icu-bin/locexp
> > 
> > I believe changing link in Postgres' docs is better than keeping the old 
> > one, even though they are currently both 404 one way or another. At 
> > least it would save people following that link from scary "Warning: 
> > Potential Security Risk Ahead" messages before properly 404-ing.
> > 
> > [1] 
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/icu/mailman/icu-support/thread/CAD%2BuSKi%3DQeLWiivJmaFBHPg-tH9PjRriTOXxi9t2NQGr3VONww%40mail.gmail.com/#msg37261067
> 
> I agree that the documentation link should be changed.
> 
> There are two options:
> 
> 1. Trust that they will fix it soon and change the link to
>    https://icu4c-demos.unicode.org/icu-bin/locexp
> 
> 2. Despair and remove the link from the documentation.
> 
> I suggest that we wait until the end of the June 2021 commitfest and decide then.
> If it is still not fixed then, the second option is better - or we move it to
> the next commitfest.

It is way past that time, and the link is still broken.

So I guess it would be the best to remove the link from the documentation.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe