Re: [PATCH] fix ICU explorer link in locale documentation

On Thu, 2021-05-27 at 08:59 +0200, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-05-27 at 11:10 +0700, Anton Voloshin wrote:
> > So I guess the https://icu4c-demos.unicode.org/icu-bin/locexp link is
> > still the proper one, and eventually it will be fixed. Anyway, the old
> > link, https://ssl.icu-project.org/icu-bin/locexp, if one goes through
> > "wrong domain in certificate" errors, still redirects to the same
> > https://icu4c-demos.unicode.org/icu-bin/locexp
> >
> > I believe changing link in Postgres' docs is better than keeping the old
> > one, even though they are currently both 404 one way or another. At
> > least it would save people following that link from scary "Warning:
> > Potential Security Risk Ahead" messages before properly 404-ing.
> >
> > [1]
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/icu/mailman/icu-support/thread/CAD%2BuSKi%3DQeLWiivJmaFBHPg-tH9PjRriTOXxi9t2NQGr3VONww%40mail.gmail.com/#msg37261067
>
> I agree that the documentation link should be changed.
>
> There are two options:
>
> 1. Trust that they will fix it soon and change the link to
>    https://icu4c-demos.unicode.org/icu-bin/locexp
>
> 2. Despair and remove the link from the documentation.
>
> I suggest that we wait until the end of the June 2021 commitfest and decide then.
> If it is still not fixed then, the second option is better - or we move it to
> the next commitfest.

It is way past that time, and the link is still broken.

So I guess it would be the best to remove the link from the documentation.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe