On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Ryan Lane <rlan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In anticipation for proper HTTPS support on Wikimedia sites, we will > be enabling protocol relative URLs. This means that things like logos, > references to resources, and interwiki links will use links like: > > //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page > > instead of links like: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page > > Doing this ensures that we don't split our squid/varnish caches. > > We'll enable this for test.wikipedia.org some time before enabling it > globally, so that there will be at least a short time to test > beforehand. > *squee* :DD I'm soooo looking forward to consistent https on the main domains! :DDD Note there's a possibility that this URL tweak may affect some JavaScript-side code or client-side spiders/bots that may expect fully-qualified links or do relative link resolution incorrectly, so everybody keep an eye out for potential issues in your code. Previous testing has been pretty favorable about actual browser support. -- brion _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
