[pydotorg-www] password prompt and ssl cert problem on svn.python.org

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> I run a script that mirrors repos from hg.python.org to Bitbucket that
> recently started choking on Subversion subrepos from svn.python.org.
> I noticed https://svn.python.org/ is password protected which is
> causing my problem, but http://svn.python.org/ is not.  Is the
> password prompt on the https vhost necessary? 

Yes, it is. There is another repository there not available to the
public that needs password protection.

Regards,
Martin