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Re: Version for a returning package



On 12-05-14 at 09:51am, David Kalnischkies wrote:
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> wrote:
> > Not yet switched but renewed the old name, advertising new site one 
> > only in words - not technically with 301 redirection (yes, 
> > unsupported by APT but could be put on e.g. front page)
> 
> The APT http method support redirects since 14. Apr 2009 (aka 0.7.21) 
> which means stable (squeeze) supports it.
> 
> Everyone who likes that should be thanking Jeff Licquia and Anthony 
> Towns, everyone who doesn't has to set Acquire::http::AllowRedirect to 
> false.

Cool!

Sorry that I kept alive obsolete info.

Might be worth the try to pass on that knowledge to the owner of that 
unofficial multimedia repository, in case there was genuine interest in 
speeding up the move away from confusing hostname.


 - Jonas

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