Re: [docs] [PATCH 2/8] conf.py: add extra links known to be broken

Hi,

On Fri Jul 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM CEST, Quentin Schulz via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> Hi Antonin,
>
> On 7/10/26 4:46 PM, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
>> Those links are broken, yet our documentation still has references to them
>> we want to keep, namely in release notes. Make the linkcheck ignore them.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>   documentation/conf.py | 10 ++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/documentation/conf.py b/documentation/conf.py
>> index aff01c1ed..a5b0add8f 100644
>> --- a/documentation/conf.py
>> +++ b/documentation/conf.py
>> @@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ linkcheck_ignore = [
>>       r'https?://mirrors\.edge\.kernel\.org.*'
>>   ]
>>   
>> +# Those link are known to be dead, yet we want to keep them in our documentation
>> +# because they still hold value in the context in which they were used (e.g. in
>> +# release notes).
>> +linkcheck_ignore += [
>> +    r'https?://linuxkernelcves\.com.*',
>> +    r'https?://gpe\.linuxtogo\.org.*',
>> +    r'https?://jk\.ozlabs\.org/projects/patchwork.*',
>> +    r'https?://rlbl\.me/prelink.*',
>> +]
>> +
>
> How about we replace them with archive links instead? e.g. from 
> web.archive.org?
>
> For patchwork, point at https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/patchwork/ 
> instead maybe or https://github.com/getpatchwork/patchwork?

Good point, I'll try and replace those in a separate series, thanks!

Antonin