Subject: Re: bug#26054: [PATCH] website: Use 'https' instead of 'http' links for 'alpha.gnu.org'.

From: Alex Vong <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:29:56 +0800

ng0 <[email-masked]> writes:

> Alex Vong transcribed 2.9K bytes:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> This patch is a follow-up of ng0's patch, which changes the 'http' link
>> in the bottom the download page to use 'https'.
>> 
>
> I wonder about ftp. I have run an rsync server before, but I don't know
> if it can be used selective enough to just link to the latest file with
> rsync. Or provide a line for rsync for those who want to mirror the
> "gnu/guix/" directory on alpha.gnu.org.
> Maybe as an addition to the patch below, which itself looks good to me.
>
Hmmm, I neither know about ftp nor rsync server. I am a complete noob in
networking...

>> From 8968c983a20a5dc5ba5222574ec201412b8eb4ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Alex Vong <[email-masked]>
>> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 17:15:15 +0800
>> Subject: [PATCH] website: Use 'https' instead of 'http' links for
>>  'alpha.gnu.org'.
>> 
>> * website/www/download.scm (download-page): Replace 'http' with
>> 'https'.
>> ---
>>  website/www/download.scm | 7 ++++---
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/website/www/download.scm b/website/www/download.scm
>> index 887c6db..6baaf40 100644
>> --- a/website/www/download.scm
>> +++ b/website/www/download.scm
>> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>>  ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
>>  ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <[email-masked]>
>>  ;;; Copyright © 2017 ng0 <[email-masked]>
>> +;;; Copyright © 2017 Alex Vong <[email-masked]>
>>  ;;; Initially written by Luis Felipe López Acevedo <[email-masked]>
>>  ;;; who waives all copyright interest on this file.
>>  ;;;
>> @@ -156,9 +157,9 @@ Linux-based system.")
>>  installation images as well as GNU Guix can be found on the GNU ftp server for "
>>  		   (em "alpha")
>>  		   " releases: "
>> -		   (a (@ (href "http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/"))
>> -		      "http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/")
>> -		   " (via HTTP) and "
>> +		   (a (@ (href "https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/"))
>> +		      "https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/")
>> +		   " (via HTTPS) and "
>>  		   (a (@ (href "ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/"))
>>  		      "ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/")
>>  		   " (via FTP). ")))
>> -- 
>> 2.12.0
>> 
>
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Alex