Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Sun May 17 2020 - 16:00:36 EST


On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 01:45:44PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Sat, 16 May 2020 14:27:40 +0200
> "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > ... for security reasons.
> >
> > No breaking changes as either the HTTP vhost redirects to HTTPS
> > or both vhosts redirect to the same location
> > or both serve the same content.
>
> We're getting closer, but...
>
> - There is still too much stuff here. Remember that somebody has to look
> at and review this stuff.
>
> - A quick check shows that a fair number of these links are broken or
> redirect to somewhere else. What is the value of adding "https" to a
> broken link?
>
> - Various documents have maintainers who are likely to be interested in
> changes and should be copied; that is what the get_maintainer.pl script
> is for. If that generates a massive list of recipients, that's a cue
> that your patch is too large.

... and cc: linux-docs. I suspect I have some additional feedback, but
I can't provide it because I can't see the patch.