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Date:      Sun, 3 Sep 2017 09:43:38 -0700
From:      Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, Tobias Kortkamp <tobik@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Some github projects aren't fetchable using commit hash
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On 09/01/17 19:01, Kyle Evans wrote:
> To be honest, the failing seems like a little better behavior than suddenly
> swapping out the package I thought I was downloading with a newer version.
> It'd at least be a little more obvious and theoretically detectable if they
> respond properly.


I suggested github to replace the error code with one of these:

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|* 409 Conflict (https://httpstatuses.com/409)
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|* 300 Multiple choices (https://httpstatuses.com/300): can provide a 
list of alternative URLs.|

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|Yuri
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