electrum/www/pay is not a symlink in the tarball
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Description
In the Git repository electrum/www/pay is a symlink to electrum/www/index.html. However, in the tarball, pay is a separate file with identical contents. When it is not a symlink, trying to access it with a browser causes a download to be initiated instead of displaying the website.
My guess is that some aspect of the packaging of the tarball is converting the symlink into a separate file, but I am unsure at what stage that is happening.
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Research direction
Start by inspecting how the release tarball is produced and compare electrum/www/pay with electrum/www/index.html in the repository and archive. Trace where the symlink becomes a regular file; done means the tarball preserves pay as a symlink so browsers display the website instead of downloading it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, release
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100