Re: ReSpec and https

Actually, I like just changing respec to generate without https.  That
seems super simple.  Let me take a shot.


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:

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> On Aug 14, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Shane McCarron <ahby@aptest.com> wrote:
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> > You are correct.  Pub rules. I will file a bug with them and just hand
> edit it out in the meantime.
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> I disagree this is a pubrules bug. Why use https URIs to refer to these
> images from TR drafts served over http?
> Using https URIs has a performance impact both for the server and on the
> client.
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> Dom mentioned to me that editors drafts could be handled differently than
> TR-ready drafts, and that respec might
> be improved to generate http uris when the document is ready for
> publication. Pubrules currently does not have
> an editor's draft filter.
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> Ian
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> > On Aug 14, 2013 10:30 AM, "Robin Berjon" <robin@w3.org> wrote:
> > On 14/08/2013 17:04 , Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Shane McCarron <ahby@aptest.com> wrote:
> > I noticed today that ReSpec generates https:// for the W3C logo and
> > stylesheet.  Is there a reason for this?  The W3C validator complains
> about
> > it.
> >
> > Likely so you don't get mixed content warnings when viewing things on
> > https pages (like the dvcs repo).
> >
> > Precisely. We tried the option of being smart based on where the draft
> was generated, but generated drafts get moved around and things break. We
> tried using // instead but too many people do things like checking drafts
> from the local file system and got confused (or even just an unpleasant
> experience).
> >
> > I doubt the W3C validator complains about this; I presume Shane meant
> pubrules. That's a bug in pubrules :)
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