Bug 558638 – Move metadata.dtd to api.gentoo.org

• Product: Gentoo Infrastructure
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Description Manuel Rüger (RETIRED) 2015-08-24 20:16:45 UTC]

Would it be possible to move http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd to  https://api.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd ?

It feels like we're going to switch to https:// anyway and this could be done with a proper relocation.

For a certain period of time http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd could http 301 to api.g.o


Portage Team is CC'd so they can fix repoman once the new location is available.

[Comment 1 Alex Legler (RETIRED) 2015-08-24 21:56:02 UTC]

(In reply to Manuel Rüger from comment #0)
> Would it be possible to move http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd to 
> https://api.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd ?
> 
> It feels like we're going to switch to https:// anyway and this could be
> done with a proper relocation.

What do we gain from moving it?

> For a certain period of time http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd could
> http 301 to api.g.o
> 

That redirect would likely need to be permanent as there's a whole lot of stuff using the DTDs.

[Comment 2 Alex Legler (RETIRED) 2015-08-28 14:18:01 UTC]

I see gentoo-x86 has been updated to https URLs on www.g.o already, this would be the last reason I can think of to do it. With that off the table, no need for further consider this.

[Comment 3 Zac Medico 2015-08-28 18:27:47 UTC]

(In reply to Alex Legler from comment #2)
> I see gentoo-x86 has been updated to https URLs on www.g.o already, this
> would be the last reason I can think of to do it. With that off the table,
> no need for further consider this.

Note that it's been reverted back to http until bug 552720 is resolved (repoman issue).

[Comment 4 Manuel Rüger (RETIRED) 2015-08-29 14:23:51 UTC]

(In reply to Alex Legler from comment #1)
> (In reply to Manuel Rüger from comment #0)
> > Would it be possible to move http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd to 
> > https://api.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd ?
> > 
> > It feels like we're going to switch to https:// anyway and this could be
> > done with a proper relocation.
> 
> What do we gain from moving it?
> 
Sorry for my late reply:

- api.gentoo.org is supposed to describe the "api" of gentoo, I think the dtd is a valid part of that api.
- version control over metadata.dtd


> > For a certain period of time http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd could
> > http 301 to api.g.o
> > 
> 
> That redirect would likely need to be permanent as there's a whole lot of
> stuff using the DTDs.

Sure, permanent works for me.

[Comment 5 Alex Legler (RETIRED) 2015-08-29 15:45:25 UTC]

(In reply to Manuel Rüger from comment #4)
> - api.gentoo.org is supposed to describe the "api" of gentoo, I think the
> dtd is a valid part of that api.

That doesn't outweigh the loss of the identifying character of the URL. We'd end up with two IDs for the same DTD and a bunch of work.

> - version control over metadata.dtd

We have always had that. In CVS and now at https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/dtd.git/