On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:29:44 +0100 Roberto Galoppini <roberto.galopp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2014-02-12 19:48 GMT+01:00 Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org>: > > > Donald Whytock wrote: > > > >> http://openoffice.org should NOT redirect to anything. Please let us > >> know > >> if this did happen. > >> http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/ is NOT an OpenOffice address, and did > >> not > >> work when I tried it. > >> > > > > To avoid confusion: when you download from the official site (i.e. when > > you click the "Download" button in http://www.openoffice.org/ > > download/index.html ) you are, in a sense, "redirected" to SourceForge, > > since the binary file is downloaded from there. And the download will > > appear to come from something.dl.sourceforge.net (in Europe I've often > > see heanet.dl.sourceforge.net and several others). > > > > So there are no problems with this "redirection". This is what happens for > > a genuine download from the official page. > > > > Actually we've double checked and it seems like we manage well formed > requests correctly, and mirror faults will cause the traffic to be bounced > back through flow. I wonder if the problem was caused by a URL written by > hand, or something like that. > > If you have further evidence of similar problems please let me know and > I'll make sure to investigate it. > As far as I know, Roberto, it is a valid address, as I copid it off my download history. However, it seems only reachable through SourceForge servers, not directly. Directly accessing the SourceForge directory on the ftp.heanet.ie servers throws one back to SourceForge, where the load sharing will presumably route one to whatever server it thinks best. Sorry for any confusion! -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
