Re: Bug#685967: amd64 install FAQ can't be read without a login / broken link

Control: user [email protected]
Control: usertag -1 content ports

Hi amd64 people,

Le 27/08/2012 00:33, Wim Lewis a écrit :
> Package: www.debian.org
> 
> 
> Attempting to read the FAQ for the amd64 port leads me to a page
> requiring a login.
> 
> Starting from the page <http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/>, I follow
> the link "The debian-amd64 howto and FAQ" to
> <http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html>.
> That redirects me to
> <https://alioth.debian.org/account/login.php?triggered=1&return_to=%2Fdocman%2Fview.php%2F30192%2F21%2Fdebian-amd64-howto.html>,
> which is a page requesting a username and password I don't have, and
> displaying the message "You've been redirected to this login page
> because you have tried accessing a page that was not available to you as
> an anonymous user."
> 
> It does not seem reasonable that reading the install FAQ should require
> a login.

Actually, it even needs to be accepted in the project ;). Can someone
fix the access rights to this document, or point us to another URL, or
state that the link should be removed?

> (Note that on the page <http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAMD64> there is
> also a link to debian-amd64-howto.html, with the annotation "Broken as
> of 20110729. FilipusKlutiero".)

…

Regards

David

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