Hello Marcus, *,
Am Tuesday 10 March 2009 16:43:32 schrieb Marcus Lange:
> Thomas Hackert wrote:
> > Am Wednesday 25 February 2009 16:07:08 schrieb Marcus Lange:
> >> Thomas Hackert wrote:
> >>> Am Wednesday 25 February 2009 12:51:07 schrieb Marcus Lange:
> >>>> Thomas Hackert wrote:
>
<snip>
> >>> <quote>
> >>> Developer Build
> >>> $blah
> >>> Click to start downloading OOO310_m2 for Linux (English)
> >>> </quote>
> >>>
> >>> (for example) and the link below
> >>> contains "...os=linuxIntel&lang=en-US...". And here it would
> >>> be nice to have
> >>>
> >>> <quote>
> >>> Developer Build
> >>> $blah
> >>> Click to start downloading OOO310_m2 for Linux (German)
> >>> </quote>
> >>>
> >>> with a corresponding link below it ... ;)
> >>> Is it more understandable? I hope so ... ;)
> >>
> >> the Javascript on the website gets the language and OS data
> >> from the browser. So, it seems you are using English US as
> >> language and Linux as OS but want to download a German build.
> >> If so, then there is no possibility to get to this because the
> >> website cannot know that you want a build with a different
> >> language or OS. ;-)
> >
> > well, then I think that - for some reason - JS gets this
> > information wrong. I am using a Germanophone IceWeasel (a.k.a.
> > Firefox) under Debian with preferred languages de-DE, de, en-GB
> > and loads of others. Interestingly I would get the RPMs, if I
> > click on the "Developer Build..." link ... :(
> > I am neither use a proxy nor any anomizer like TOR ... ;)
>
> you are using a deb-based OS but want to download rpm files. How
> should the one-
where have I written, that I want to download RPMs? If I click on
the link to download it from the .../next site, I got for some
reason the RPM ... :( It seems to have something to do with this
bouncer stuff, where I am not acquainted with .... :(
> click-download technic recognize this? Because of
> the data that the browser is delivering to the JS script, it will
> be decided to offer deb files.
Alas I do not have the possibility to tell the bouncer, that I am
not using an RPM based distro but an Debian system ... :(
> Of course you can (maybe) tweak the user agent data that the
> browser is sending to reach your goal. But then probably you will
> have problems on other websites.
For that reason I am not using any masquerading and/or something
like TOR, proxies or the like ... :(
> I'm sorry but I think there is no solution for your case. ;-)
Sorry to hear ... :( Thanks for your answer anyway :) Just out of
interest: Would there be a discussion about the name or is it now
written "in stone"? Like Joost I would prever something different,
but seem to have missed a discussion or there was none?
Have fun
Thomas.
--
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love
today.
-- William Allen White
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