Re: Debian current weekly news should use indirect link

[Josip Rodin <joy@gkvk.hr>]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 06:16:30PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > > The unchanging "current" URL is essential for us to use wwwoffle's
> > > monitor feature to fetch at regular intervals, but a level of
> > > indirection should be introduced
> > 
> > So you're essentially asking us to change the symlink into an Apache
> > redirect. This is certainly possible, but not trivial to work out since it
> > requires an automatic way of adjusting the apache config files and
> > signalling apache to pick it up... we'll see.
> 
> It can be done with a .htaccess file which can easily be built from
> the Makefiles.

Question is, will the servers allow a .htaccess file. This needs a bit of
testing and communication, which means a bit of effort. Who is
volunteering? :)

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