From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bengt Richter Subject: Re: February update on data.guix.gnu.org and the Guix Data Service Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:40:48 +0100 Message-ID: <20200313024048.GA26928@LionPure> References: <87pnedyqdb.fsf@cbaines.net> <87imj9u2s0.fsf@gnu.org> <20200312174539.GA23414@LionPure> <87y2s5cpkx.fsf@cbaines.net> Reply-To: Bengt Richter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34691) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jCaG1-0003PV-4D for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:41:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jCaFz-000271-OF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:41:04 -0400 Received: from imta-37.everyone.net ([216.200.145.37]:42562 helo=imta-38.everyone.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jCaFz-00024S-Fr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:41:03 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y2s5cpkx.fsf@cbaines.net> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Christopher Baines Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi Chris, On +2020-03-12 19:58:54 +0000, Christopher Baines wrote: ... > > 2. Are the http [sans 's'] links necessary? > > Do you mean why is HTTP being used and not HTTPS, or are you talking > about the links on the page themselves? Sorry, I meant "why is HTTP being used and not HTTPS". I've gotten the impression that it's a compromise having to do with making load balancing easier somehow, but that's my ignorant speculation, which any real factoid could improve on :) -- Regards, Bengt Richter