JBS: broken commit references for old (fx8) fixes

[Kevin Rushforth]

There is no automatic redirect, but you can replace 8/graphics/rt with 
8u-dev/rt using the same hash:

https://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjfx/8u-dev/rt/rev/6d1c6c47a5dd

-- Kevin


On 8/6/2022 5:56 AM, Jeanette Winzenburg wrote:
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> an example is https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8123472 (was: 
> RT-33442) - it's fixed Oct. 2013 (after the history of the current 
> repository starts, which is Nov. 2011), the commit ref is
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>  http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjfx/8/graphics/rt/rev/6d1c6c47a5dd
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> which opens an error page: "An error occurred while processing your 
> request: revision not found: rt"
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> Bug or feature? Thought the old references are redirected to the 
> current rep? If not, any way to fix them automatically? Or if intended 
> for older commit refs: what's the cut-off date/version?
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> Not blocking, but a nuisance: need to find the commit manually in the 
> local rep.
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> -- Jeanette
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