Closed Bug 557431 Opened 14 years ago Closed 3 years ago

Redirect for http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.0a8pre/ points to web page that gives 403 access forbidden

Categories

(Websites :: website-archive.mozilla.org, defect)

defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: kurt, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug, )

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 GTBDFff GTB7.0
Build Identifier: 

In the htaccess file http://viewvc.svn.mozilla.org/vc/projects/mozilla.org/trunk/projects/firefox/.htaccess?view=co the line:

Redirect permanent /projects/firefox/3.0a8pre/ http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.0a8/

redirects to a 403 (access forbidden) page

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.0a8pre/
2. Get redirected to http://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.0a8/
3. Page produces a 403
Actual Results:  
redirects to a page that is 403

Expected Results:  
Should redirect to a working page (perhaps http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/prerelease.html ?)
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Closing old Mozilla.org website bugs due to them not being relevant to the new Python-based Bedrock system. Re-open if this is a critical bug and should be resolved on the new system too.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
This URL now 404s on Bedrock, but it should still redirect as per comment 0. Reopening.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: WONTFIX → ---
Component: www.mozilla.org → General
Product: Websites → www.mozilla.org
Component: General → website-archive.mozilla.org
OS: Windows 7 → All
Product: www.mozilla.org → Websites
Hardware: x86 → All

Site no longer accessible

Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago3 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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