On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 5:00 AM, scl <scl.gplus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > yesterday I came across http://www.gimp.org/develop/ > and clicked the link 'INSTALL'. It refers to > https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/plain/INSTALL, > which doesn't exist anymore in this form. > This raised a question: can the link checker also > detect dead links that don't result in an HTTP > error but in simply nothing or unreadable garbage? > > Kind regards, > > Sven Hi Sven, If you're inquiring about my link tester then yes it should get it. The [get_link_status function][1] is what does the actual checking. It does a combination of HTTP HEAD method (so it only grabs the headers instead of content) as well has a bit of exception handling for other non-HTTP unexpected responses. If it can be improved I'm all ears for improving it. Also, I'm using python code only in a [main method][2] which means one could write another script which will import frontend_test.py and take advantage of that function (using it like a library instead of an executable). Also, as Jehan pointed out that [INSTALL file][3] returns HTTP 404 not found. So a link checker should catch that. SAM [1]: https://github.com/sag47/chewbotkah/blob/development/frontend_test.py#L38-L83 [2]: https://github.com/sag47/chewbotkah/blob/development/frontend_test.py#L252 [3]: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/plain/INSTALL _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
