Last modified: 2007-10-01 20:06:19 UTC
Created attachment 4180 [details] corrected version of robots.txt (unfortunately with a BOM at the start I couldn't get rid of) It turns out that there are some syntax errors in Wikimedia's robots.txt file; there are some leading slashes missing, and some misplaced blank lines. I've come up with a corrected version, with the formatting made more consistent, the leading slashes added, and the blank lines commented out. Unfortunately, I'm on a public computer at the moment on which I can't install software, and that's running Windows. So the diff I created is in the wrong format and shows no context, and both the diff and the new file have a Byte Order Mark. (The diff even shows the addition of the BOM; this needs to be removed before the patch is applied!) Anyone could submit a corrected version of the patch, which would make it easier for shell developers to apply.
Created attachment 4181 [details] patch in the wrong format that suggests adding a BOM at the start
Created attachment 4182 [details] patch in the wrong format that suggests adding a BOM at the start (attachment 4181 [details] didn't upload properly, maybe because it was in the wrong format, trying again with a different content type)
Comment on attachment 4182 [details] patch in the wrong format that suggests adding a BOM at the start Sorry, the diffing seemed to go wrong (attachment 4182 [details] is also incorrect, and it seems the same thing happened to my source file); could someone else diff the current robots.txt with my version to produce the patch?
Created attachment 4185 [details] Patch for robots.txt Diff between http://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt and attachment 4180 [details]
Applied, thanks!
