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From:   Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Apr 2023 22:51:38 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: update urls to Linux Foundation wiki
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On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 9:08=E2=80=AFPM Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wr=
ote:
>
> Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > The redirects from the old urls stopped working recently.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com>
>
> I see the LF has done its annual web-site replacement; I have no idea
> why they are so enamored with breaking URLs...
>
> Anyway, This is networking documentation, so it should go to the folks
> at netdev [CC'd] rather than me.
>
> >  Documentation/networking/bridge.rst                           | 2 +-
> >  Documentation/networking/dccp.rst                             | 4 ++--
> >  .../networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst          | 2 +-
> >  Documentation/networking/generic_netlink.rst                  | 2 +-
> >  MAINTAINERS                                                   | 2 +-
> >  net/ipv4/Kconfig                                              | 2 +-
> >  net/sched/Kconfig                                             | 2 +-
> >  7 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Parts of this patch have been applied by now after being sent in by
others. I believe the rest still makes sense to apply. Shall I rebase
the patch and send it again? Or was there a reason for it to be left
behind half a year ago?

> > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst b/Documentation/networ=
king/bridge.rst
> > index 4aef9cddde2f..c859f3c1636e 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst
> > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ In order to use the Ethernet bridging functionality, yo=
u'll need the
> >  userspace tools.
> >
> >  Documentation for Linux bridging is on:
> > -   http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/br=
idge
> > +   https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/bridge
>
> So this page is full of encouraging stuff like:
>
> > The code is updated as part of the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels available at
> > kernel.org.
>
> ...and tells us about an encouraging prototype implementation in 2.6.18.
> I'd apply the patch because working URLs are better than broken ones,
> but I also question the value of this material at all in 2022... there
> should be better documents to link to at this point?

I don't know of any and indeed this patch only exists because working
URLs are better than broken ones.

>
> Thanks,
>
> jon

Regards,
- Jouke