Re: Sourceforge -> https

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 21 May 2021 at 16:40 Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/21/21, Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I just logged into Sourceforge for the first time for ages and realised
> > I never did anything about switching from http-based to https-based web
> > pages which I was prompted about years ago.  That seems pretty
> > uncontroversial nowadays --- everybody and their dog are redirecting you
> > to https.  Any good reason not to switch?
> >
> > The prompt is as follows.
> >
> > Your website is currently hosted at http://zsh.sourceforge.net with PHP 5.4
> >
> > To update to https://zsh.sourceforge.io and PHP 7.x, click the button
> > below.
> > There will be a small delay for it to take effect. You may switch back if
> > needed.
> 
> The tld being different seems a bit more concerning than the change to
> https, but presumably the old urls will continue to redirect?

I'm pretty sure, yes, otherwise the way of getting in at the moment would have
disappeared into history.  I think it's just the primary URL that changes.
We do have the option of going back.

pws