Dear Shlomi, dear Debian Webteam, Shlomi Fish wrote: > The .git links on https://packages.debian.org/source/experimental/wml at the > bottom of the page are broken- both in firefox
Indeed. Reason is that https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#version-control-system-vcs-fields requires to explicitly add " -b <branchname>" if the default branch isn't the master branch. The blanks in the Vcs-Git field get converted to to the URL-encoded %20 instead of having been left as blanks. > and in git clone. At least copying the text (not the linked URL) behind "git clone", i.e. "git clone https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wml.git -b cmake" works fine for me and checks out the git branch "cmake" instead of the master branch. So the proper solution is probably to not make hyperlinks out of the Vcs-Git field, at least not if it contains " -b ". I recommend to replace <dd><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wml.git -b cmake" class="pvcslink">https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wml.git -b cmake</a></dd> with just <dd>git clone https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wml.git -b cmake</dd> Anyways, this specific case of the general issue (i.e. the blanks around the "-b" in Vcs-Git fields get URL-encoded) will be fixed with the next wml upload as I will merge back the cmake branch into the master branch which is the branch from which the Debian Unstable uploads are made. Ah, and if someone's tackling this, please also note that »<a href="/experimental/git-core">Git</a>« should be replaced with »<a href="/git">Git</a>« or »<a href="/unstable/git">Git</a>« as a) git-core is gone (since buster) and a long-time (since at least Debian 7 Wheezy!) transitional package and b) there's seldomly a git version in Debian Experimental. > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - > http://shlom.in/reply . Shlomi: Ignoring this on purpose as I don't expect you to be subscribed to the debian-www list just because of asking a question there about every second year. P.S. to the Debian Webteam: I don't seem to have write access to the webwml repo anymore since the migration to Salsa, so I've requested access again. I might tackle the issues outlined above if there is no opposition to my proposal. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org>, https://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 `- | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE
