linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/admin-guide

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Message-ID: <20200622071435.044eb001@lwn.net>
Date:   Mon, 22 Jun 2020 07:14:35 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones:
 Documentation/admin-guide

On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:04:32 +0200
Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de> wrote:

> > Rationale:
> > Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM
> > as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate.  
> 
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> >  .. _readme:
> >  
> > -Linux kernel release 5.x <http://kernel.org/>
> > +Linux kernel release 5.x <https://kernel.org/>
> >  =============================================
> >  
> 
> You need to add one "=" here, IIRC.

Or just remove the URL from the subheading entirely, it does not really
serve any purpose there.

jon