[Python-Dev] HTTPS read-only SVN access is denied?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> then check if you can reach http://svn.berlios.de via your browser, or
> if some firewall rule gets in the way.

He probably can, but the firewall still gets in the way when he tries
to do the svn checkout - his firewall is incapable of forwarding OPTIONS
and other methods used by subversion. Hence he needs to use https, as
the firewall then puts through all traffic unmodified, thanks to the
CONNECT method.

So there will be no chance that he can checkout the berlios externals
directly, as their URL is defined in the Python repository (and will
remain at http, for the sake of most of us with sane networking
environments)

Regards,
Martin