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What bothers me: Since a while the documentation links to cs.opensource.google with the typical google flavor. Some years ago, you could simply click on some fu

What bothers me: Since a while the documentation links to cs.opensource.google with the typical google flavor. Some years ago, you could simply click on some function in the documentation and view the source code. When I do this now, I find myself on a permission denied page. Just a random example: Permission denied. Please contact the administrator. https://cs.opensource.google/go/go/+/go1.21.1:src/strings/clone.go;l=21 https://cs.opensource.google/go/go/+/go1.21.1:src/strings/cl... I don't know what causes this, but is seems to be related to my Firefox, because in Chromium I can see that page. I just wonder, what on earth makes it so hard to serve a documentation in a way that is available to all browsers.

elygre 3y ago
For a counterpoint: I can see that page in Firefox. Probably related to some setting on your computer.
- arendtio 3y ago
  Are logged in to some google account?
dharmit 3y ago
I have faced the same problem numerous times. Sometimes the cs.opensource.google links work, sometimes they don't. I haven't yet bothered to try and understand why that's the case. Why can't they use the github.com/golang/go link instead? (no pun, genuinely wondering)
- dolmen 3y ago
  1. github.com/golang.go is just a mirror. The main Git repo is available via https://go.googlesource.com/go https://go.googlesource.com/go 2. GitHub.com is Microsoft infrastructure. cs.opensource.google is Google infrastructure. I still wonder why there is both cs.opensource.google and go.googlesource.com.
- demi56 3y ago
  Because GitHub is a mirror not the actual repo, I think I was around 2015 when Go was gaining massive attraction they had to use GitHub for issues also, still you can’t change the fact that more than 70% of commits is from google
saclark11 3y ago
Do you have any privacy/ad-blocking extensions installed? I used to have the same issue and realized it was due to the DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials extension. When I turn that extension's protections off for cs.opensource.google then it works.
- rakoo 3y ago
  It's source code. If we can't read it without privacy extensions, it doesn't work.
  - dolmen 3y ago
    Even more: as reading on a machine that has the Go toolchain installed, this is source code that is already available on the local filesystem.
  - d-z-m 3y ago
    > If we can't read it without privacy extensions, it doesn't work. What doesn't work?
    - rakoo 3y ago
      Reading source code.
  - duskwuff 3y ago
    The same source code is also part of the Go distribution ($GOROOT/src). The Google source browser isn't the only place it's available.
    - arendtio 3y ago
      Yes, you can find the documentation in other places and that is what I usually do, but it sucks because this is the official documentation of the programming language. Having those links to quickly take a look at the implementation is what made this documentation so good.
    - 3y ago

elygre 3y ago

For a counterpoint: I can see that page in Firefox. Probably related to some setting on your computer.

arendtio 3y ago
Are logged in to some google account?

dharmit 3y ago

I have faced the same problem numerous times. Sometimes the cs.opensource.google links work, sometimes they don't. I haven't yet bothered to try and understand why that's the case. Why can't they use the github.com/golang/go link instead? (no pun, genuinely wondering)

dolmen 3y ago
1. github.com/golang.go is just a mirror. The main Git repo is available via https://go.googlesource.com/go https://go.googlesource.com/go 2. GitHub.com is Microsoft infrastructure. cs.opensource.google is Google infrastructure. I still wonder why there is both cs.opensource.google and go.googlesource.com.
demi56 3y ago
Because GitHub is a mirror not the actual repo, I think I was around 2015 when Go was gaining massive attraction they had to use GitHub for issues also, still you can’t change the fact that more than 70% of commits is from google

saclark11 3y ago

Do you have any privacy/ad-blocking extensions installed? I used to have the same issue and realized it was due to the DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials extension. When I turn that extension's protections off for cs.opensource.google then it works.

rakoo 3y ago
It's source code. If we can't read it without privacy extensions, it doesn't work.
- dolmen 3y ago
  Even more: as reading on a machine that has the Go toolchain installed, this is source code that is already available on the local filesystem.
- d-z-m 3y ago
  > If we can't read it without privacy extensions, it doesn't work. What doesn't work?
  - rakoo 3y ago
    Reading source code.
- duskwuff 3y ago
  The same source code is also part of the Go distribution ($GOROOT/src). The Google source browser isn't the only place it's available.
  - arendtio 3y ago
    Yes, you can find the documentation in other places and that is what I usually do, but it sucks because this is the official documentation of the programming language. Having those links to quickly take a look at the implementation is what made this documentation so good.
  - 3y ago