260671 - "Please file a bug to let us know that we have a broken link" should not show up if the referer is show_bug.cgi

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[dolphinling]

When we give a 404, if the referer was mozilla.org we say "Please file a bug to
let us know that we have a broken link." We shouldn't do this if the referer is
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi

(Testcase: http://www.mozilla.org/404 <-- click here)

Comment 1

[dolphinling]

Oops, it no longer happens with the https: (I assume that bugzilla really did
just switch to https: in the middle of my typing and it's not just me?) but it
probably still does if you're not using https:.

Of course, that could make it completely irrelevant, so I'm changing it to trivial.

Comment 2

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

I don't think we should recommend filing a bug at all.

Comment 3

[Anne (:annevk)]

In reply to comment 2, why not? It's very useful. However, that would be a
separate bug.

Can this be resolved WFM?

Comment 4

[dolphinling]

I was actually going to resolve it wontfix. AFAICT, we don't send a referer when
going from https: to http: (don't know about other cases, or if this is even
strictly true) so the problem never manifests itself, but theoretically we still
shouldn't have it there if the referer is show_bug.cgi. And since the problem
never manifests itself, there's no point in adding extra code, hence WONTFIX. 

Comment 5

[Anne (:annevk)]

Agreed.