Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Getting git errors with http URLs

[arnold]

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the update. I reported the problem in case the Savannah
team wasn't aware; I'm glad you're on top of it and starting to
see some improvement.  It's a shame people abuse the FSF resources
like this.

Thanks!

Arnold

Bob Proulx <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Arnold,
>
> > $ git pull
> > fatal: unable to access 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/gawk.git/': The 
> > requested URL returned error: 502
> > 
> > Using a git://... URL works with no problem.
> > 
> > What's the scoop?
>
> There has been "an abuse" (maybe not so far as an attack, I think an
> attack would take us completely offline) going on the past few days
> that is draining resources. ......