Greetings, Brian Clifton! Please don't top-post. thanks.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Repin [mailto:anrdae...@yandex.ru] > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 5:00 PM > To: Brian Clifton <br...@clifton.me>; cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Proposed patch for web site: update most links to HTTPS >> Greetings, Brian Clifton! > >>> Hi folks, > >>> I have a proposed change for the web site. This patch (see below) will >>> update most of the urls to HTTPS. In many cases there was a redirect; >>> for those I captured the new canonical address. > >> Please no. > Can you please elaborate on why? I'm confused on why you prefer that Cygwin > links users to non-secure versions of pages? (which in many cases will be > redirected anyways). I prefer it not forcing either, and only force secure connection, when absolutely necessary. I.e. when downloading the setup binary. > Links which ONLY work on http *have not* been changed and there are no other > changes in this patch. Secure connections been painfully slow and just annoying, when all you need is a quick glance at the documentation. All internal links must be relative to the domain and not force either protocol or the domain name. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Monday, April 25, 2016 08:45:10 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
