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Correct link to galgebra

Open eric-wieser opened this issue 5 years ago • 13 comments
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The link here is dead.

xref https://github.com/pygae/galgebra/issues/28

I have no idea whether it makes sense to accept corrections here, but I thought I may as well file the PR.

eric-wieser avatar May 20 '20 11:05 eric-wieser

I don't know if it does either. The published paper already includes the old link. I don't know how this sort of thing is usually handled.

asmeurer avatar May 20 '20 17:05 asmeurer

@brombo, can you please fork the https://github.com/pygae/galgebra repository into your user namespace? Just click on the "Fork" button when logged in as @brombo. That should fix this issue.

certik avatar May 20 '20 18:05 certik

Wait, what happened to https://github.com/brombo ?

certik avatar May 20 '20 18:05 certik

According to this:

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sympy/2k7105j3Fi0/discussion

Alan's account is now https://github.com/abrombo

certik avatar May 20 '20 18:05 certik

Adding a fork isn't a perfect solution, as the fork would not redirect to the actual repo, where the issues and PRs are. Maybe you can ask GitHub to retroactively make a redirect from brombo/galgebra. They already do this for repos that are moved.

Otherwise, perhaps one can create the brombo org and put a dummy repo up with a README that points to the new location.

asmeurer avatar May 20 '20 18:05 asmeurer

@eric-wieser would you mind doing what @asmeurer suggested? I think anything along those lines is a way to go.

certik avatar May 20 '20 18:05 certik

I hadn't thought of recreating the account.

eric-wieser avatar May 20 '20 19:05 eric-wieser

Wait, what happened to https://github.com/brombo ?

He asked GitHub to delete his account, along with the repo and open issues, as he forgot the password and the email address was dead. GitHub refused to reverse it even at his request, since apparently that would need the password or email, even though deletion did not.

eric-wieser avatar May 20 '20 19:05 eric-wieser

Maybe contact GitHub and see if they can make the redirect. That would be the ideal solution.

asmeurer avatar May 20 '20 19:05 asmeurer

@eric-wieser interesting, I didn't know about this back story. Yes, redirect brombo to abrombo would be the ideal solution.

certik avatar May 20 '20 19:05 certik

I went ahead and made the org page, that seemed easier than asking github to create the redirect: https://github.com/brombo/galgebra

eric-wieser avatar May 21 '20 07:05 eric-wieser

They already do this for repos that are moved.

I'm pretty sure this becomes invalidated once someone creates a new user with the same name. The redirects are there for convenience, they're not permalinks.

eric-wieser avatar May 21 '20 11:05 eric-wieser

Perfect! Now I think the problem is fixed.

On Thu, May 21, 2020, at 1:38 AM, Eric Wieser wrote:

I went ahead and made the org page, that seemed easier than asking github to create the redirect: https://github.com/brombo/galgebra

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certik avatar May 21 '20 13:05 certik