[ZWeb] svn server broken

[Shane Hathaway]

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> If it's possible to make http://svn.zope.org do a clear "sorry, i'm
> not here" instead of the current behavior where the browser is
> spinning when you try to access it, that might help. If this is too
> distracting currently, please ignore this message - I'm not even sure
> whether this fixes my issues.

You can often work around problems like this by adding fake host entries
to /etc/hosts on systems you control, e.g.:

  127.0.0.1 svn.zope.org

Windows has (had?) a similar facility.

Shane