On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM Nick Holland <[email protected]> wrote: > > hello... > As many have noted, cvsweb.openbsd.org has had some problems lately due to > bots that ignore the robots.txt file and try to download every imaginable > permutation of diffs for every single file, often thousands of hits > per minute, and from thousands of different IP addresses. Unfortunately, > this just doesn't work well with a perl script being fired up for every > hit. > > Ken Westerback took it upon himself to rewrite cvsweb in "Go", and after > a lot of annoying bike-shedding from me, we got something to put on line and > see how it handles the load. > > So...give it a try at > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org > or > https://cvsweb.openbsd.org > and see how it works for you. If you see any important features missing, > let us know. At the moment, it appears to be handling the bot-load much > better than the old version, and the performance is much better for users.
nice work. it feels very snappy. it looks like 'Diff to <rev>' links produce no response. is the source available? > > Note: while it LOOKS a lot like the old version, it is NOT URL compatible > with the perl version, so old bookmarks into files won't work. > > Nick. >
