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From: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Chris Bandy <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Unable to browse blobs on gitweb
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 21:54:44 -0700
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On 8/12/25 21:52, Tom Lane wrote:
> Chris Bandy <[email protected]> writes:
>> I like to link to the Postgres source code and comments in my extension
>> code comments. I use https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb for that, as it
>> seems to be the canonical site for Postgres source code.
> 
> It is ... but ...
> 
>> Lately, I have encountered HTTP 429 errors when trying to access blobs. For
>> example,
> 
> We had to shut down a lot of that stuff thanks to web-scrapers eating
> infinite amounts of bandwidth.  (The AI bot companies will be first
> against the wall when the revolution comes ... but I digress.)
> You might try linking to the github mirror at
> https://github.com/postgres/postgres.
> So far they seem able to resist the onslaught of uncivilized jerks.

My guess, because they are owned by one of them.

> 
> 			regards, tom lane
> 
> 


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Adrian Klaver
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