Hi, This bug report was forwarded to the ML owner account, so I'm forwarding this to the mailing list.
-Øystein ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maurice Kemmann <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:26 AM Subject: [Fwd: [Bug gnubg] random.org] To: [email protected] Hi ML owner, there is a bug within the random.org implementation but i do not want to be a member of the ml. Would you be so kind to forward the following message for me? Kind regads, Maurice -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- > Von: Maurice Kemmann <[email protected]> > Reply-to: [email protected] > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [Bug gnubg] random.org > Datum: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:21:39 +0100 > > Hello folks, > > as you might know or not GnuBG has problems with random.org these days > because the API changed a bit. I, and some other players, only get dices > between 1 and 3 and that's not quite comfotable. ;-) > > Here an email from Mads Haahr: > > --- schnipp --- > > Thanks for your email. I think the problem might be that I disabled > the > "randnum" script after it started causing unexpected problems after a > recent system upgrade. The script has been deprecated for 2.5 years, > and > the new API is much better in many regards, so I'm not too keen to > maintain it further. > > I am aware of the GnuBG problem and have installed a HTTP redirect to > the > new interface, but since you're still having problems, GnuBG probably > chokes on the redirect. So if you would ask the developers of GnuBG if > they're happy to upgrade their code to use the new (and better) API, > then > that would be very helpful. You will find the API details here: > > http://www.random.org/clients/http/ > > It should be a very quick fix for them. Basically, they just need to > change the URL and add two more parameters, and preferably also set the > user-agent string as described in the guidelines: > > http://www.random.org/clients/ > > Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. Normally, I > would > have issued a six-month notice before I'd take the API offline, but it > was > causing other services to fail on the new setup. > > --- schnapp --- > > Kind regads, > > Maurice > -- Der TSV ist nicht der schlechteste Verein ! http://www.tsv-aufderhoehe.de The NBG is in the house .... http://www.natural-born-griller.de
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