Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix ICU explorer link in locale documentation
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
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From: Anton Voloshin <a.voloshin@postgrespro.ru>
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Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 11:10:50 +0700
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On 18/05/2021 03:46, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> https://icu4c-demos.unicode.org/icu-bin/locexp generates a 404 for me now.
> 
> This might be something temporary though, because AFAICT it's where
> you end up when you follow the links from the ICU git repo...

Yes, same 404 for me. This error has been reported on icu-issues mailing 
list on April 13th [1] and the reply from Stephan Pakebusch was:

> This demo has been out of date (by several releases) and is being updated for ICU 69.
> In the meantime there was an issue with this particular demo.
> We’re looking into the problem you noted.
> 
> I’m not sure if there’s a tracking issue for this specific, but you can follow the development on https://github.com/unicode-org/icu-demos

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

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Anton Voloshin
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