Automated usage of Gitlab

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

On Sun, 3 Jul 2022 22:45:37 +1200
Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
> Recent analysis of the logs of our Giltab instance has revealed
> numerous instances of files being directly retrieved from Gitlab
> (using the /raw/ API). Much to my incredible sadness, this has
> included accesses being made by KDE Applications themselves.
> 
> As a reminder, automated access to the "raw files" API of Gitlab is
> strictly prohibited and not permitted under any circumstances. The
> only use of it which is allowed is within .gitlab-ci.yml files to
> import job definitions from sysadmin/ci-utilities.

[...]

To make sure I understand you, correctly: All this applies to the /raw/
API, only? For instance, on the RKWard download page, we link to the
release Changelog, for convenience, as a "/-/blob/". Is that ok, or
something to avoid, too?

Regards
Thomas
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