Re: https://www.w3.org/TR/tr-outdated-spec 404s

Hi Geoffrey,

/TR-/tr-outdated-spec actually checks the referer. If the referer is
an outdated spec e.g. [1], it will return something.
Try running
curl --referer https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/WD-html53-20180315/
https://www.w3.org/TR/tr-outdated-spec

Denis

[1] https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/WD-html53-20180315/

On 04/26/2018 01:49 AM, Geoffrey Sneddon wrote:
> https://www.w3.org/TR/tr-outdated-spec is used by
> https://www.w3.org/scripts/TR/fixup.js and
> https://www.w3.org/scripts/TR/2016/fixup.js to check whether specs are
> outdated, except it doesn't work because it returns 404. This means no
> specs currently have the outdated notice shown on them.
> 
> /gsnedders
> 

Received on Thursday, 26 April 2018 08:10:45 UTC