[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #7150: Make wp.zip redirect to https://wordpress.org

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#7150: Make wp.zip redirect to https://wordpress.org
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 Reporter:  chrisdavidmiles  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  low              |  Milestone:
Component:  General          |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
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 I bought the domain wp.zip shortly after the TLD went live to make sure it
 was not purchased by spammers. I'm working with @chanthaboune to get the
 domain into a registrar account owned by [https://wordpressfoundation.org/
 The WordPress Foundation].

 This ticket is about how the url should behave (what should happen when
 someone visits https://wp.zip in a browser or does `wget wp.zip` from a
 terminal, etc).

 I would recommend that the url just redirect all urls at wp.zip/* to
 wordpress.org as it's currently set to do. I don't want to encourage
 people to use any domain other than wordpress.org for things that are
 hosted at wordpress.org. So I don't think it would be a good idea to set
 up a wildcard redirect or redirect to https://wordpress.org/latest.zip .

 In my mind, the importance of having this domain be owned and controlled
 by The WordPress Foundation is to make sure the domain is not used
 maliciously, not to find a clever use for it. And the url
 `wordpress.org/latest.zip` is already a short enough url to type lots of
 times.

 That's my take, but I'm open to other opinions on how wp.zip should
 behave, or how the WordPress project can use it.

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