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URL cleanup in Documentation/SubmittingPatches

PATCH In review Mitchel Humpherys 3 participants 5 messages Mar 25, 2014 – Mar 26, 2014 Documentation

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cover URL cleanup in Documentation/SubmittingPatches

Some URLs in Documentation/SubmittingPatches have gone stale. This series cleans some of them up by removing or updating them.

Mitchel Humpherys (2):
Documentation/SubmittingPatches: update some dead URLs Documentation/SubmittingPatches: remove references to patch-scripts

 Documentation/SubmittingPatches       | 9 ++-------
 Documentation/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches | 9 ++-------
 Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches | 8 ++------
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
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PATCH 1/2 Documentation/SubmittingPatches: update some dead URLs

The links to "The perfect patch" and "NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs..." have gone stale. Update them to some working locations.

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 Documentation/SubmittingPatches       | 4 ++--
 Documentation/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches | 4 ++--
 Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Documentation/SubmittingPatches +2 -2
index 26b1e31d5a..af80689517 100644
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ SECTION 3 - REFERENCES
 ----------------------
 
 Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp).
-  <http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt>
+  <http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt>
 
 Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format".
   <http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html>
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
   <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-05.html>
 
 NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to [email protected] people!
-  <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2>
+  <https://lkml.org/lkml/2005/7/11/336>
 
 Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle:
   <http://users.sosdg.org/~qiyong/lxr/source/Documentation/CodingStyle>
Documentation/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches +2 -2
index 97f78dd0c0..ff6cb5729c 100644
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ gcc においては、マクロと同じくらい軽いです。
 ----------------------
 
 Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp).
-  <http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt>
+  <http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt>
 
 Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format".
   <http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html>
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
   <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/>
 
 NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to [email protected] people!
-  <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2>
+  <https://lkml.org/lkml/2005/7/11/336>
 
 Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle:
   <http://users.sosdg.org/~qiyong/lxr/source/Documentation/CodingStyle>
Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches +2 -2
index be0bd47250..788ab47303 100644
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ Static inline 函数相比宏来说,是好得多的选择。Static inline 函
 ----------------
 
 Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp).
-  <http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt>
+  <http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt>
 
 Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format".
   <http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html>
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
   <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/>
 
 NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to [email protected] people!
-  <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2>
+  <https://lkml.org/lkml/2005/7/11/336>
 
 Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle:
   <http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/Documentation/CodingStyle>
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PATCH 2/2 Documentation/SubmittingPatches: remove references to patch-scripts

In reply to Mitchel Humpherys

The link to the tarball for Andrew Morton's patch scripts is dead. These scripts don't seem to be used for kernel development these days anyways so just rip out all references to them.

---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches       | 5 -----
 Documentation/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches | 5 -----
 Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches | 4 ----
 3 files changed, 14 deletions(-)
Documentation/SubmittingPatches +0 -5
index af80689517..3294469efd 100644
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ There are a number of scripts which can aid in this:
 Quilt:
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 
-Andrew Morton's patch scripts:
-http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz
-Instead of these scripts, quilt is the recommended patch management
-tool (see above).
-
 
 
 2) Describe your changes.
Documentation/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches +0 -5
index ff6cb5729c..5d6ae639bf 100644
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ dontdiff ファイルには Linux カーネルのビルドプロセスの過程
 Quilt:
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 
-Andrew Morton's patch scripts:
-http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz
-このリンクの先のスクリプトの代わりとして、quilt がパッチマネジメント
-ツールとして推奨されています(上のリンクを見てください)。
-
 2) パッチに対する説明
 
 パッチの中の変更点に対する技術的な詳細について説明してください。
Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches +0 -4
index 788ab47303..1d3a10f874 100644
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ Documentation/SubmittingDrivers 。
 Quilt:
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 
-Andrew Morton 的补丁脚本:
-http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz
-作为这些脚本的替代,quilt 是值得推荐的补丁管理工具(看上面的链接)。
-
 2)描述你的改动。
 描述你的改动包含的技术细节。
 
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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: remove references to patch-scripts

(cc akpm, who still uses these scripts, while the rest of the world moved to git ;-)

Quoted 67 lines · Mitchel Humpherys

The link to the tarball for Andrew Morton's patch scripts is dead. These scripts don't seem to be used for kernel development these days anyways so just rip out all references to them.

---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches       | 5 -----
 Documentation/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches | 5 -----
 Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches | 4 ----
 3 files changed, 14 deletions(-)
Documentation/SubmittingPatches +0 -5
index af80689517..3294469efd 100644
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ There are a number of scripts which can aid in this:
 Quilt:
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 
-Andrew Morton's patch scripts:
-http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz
-Instead of these scripts, quilt is the recommended patch management
-tool (see above).
-
 
 
 2) Describe your changes.
Documentation/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches +0 -5
index ff6cb5729c..5d6ae639bf 100644
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ dontdiff ファイルには Linux カーネルのビルドプロセスの過程
 Quilt:
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 
-Andrew Morton's patch scripts:
-http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz
-このリンクの先のスクリプトの代わりとして、quilt がパッチマネジメント
-ツールとして推奨されています(上のリンクを見てください)。
-
 2) パッチに対する説明
 
 パッチの中の変更点に対する技術的な詳細について説明してください。
Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches +0 -5
index 788ab47303..1d3a10f874 100644
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ Documentation/SubmittingDrivers 。
 Quilt:
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 
-Andrew Morton 的补丁脚本:
-http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz
-作为这些脚本的替代,quilt 是值得推荐的补丁管理工具(看上面的链接)。
-
 2)描述你的改动。
 描述你的改动包含的技术细节。
 
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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: remove references to patch-scripts

Quoted 2 lines · Geert Uytterhoeven

(cc akpm, who still uses these scripts, while the rest of the world moved to git ;-)

no, some of us still use quilt.

Quoted 64 lines
Quoted 61 lines · Mitchel Humpherys

The link to the tarball for Andrew Morton's patch scripts is dead. These scripts don't seem to be used for kernel development these days anyways so just rip out all references to them.

---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches       | 5 -----
 Documentation/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches | 5 -----
 Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches | 4 ----
 3 files changed, 14 deletions(-)
Documentation/SubmittingPatches +0 -5
index af80689517..3294469efd 100644
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ There are a number of scripts which can aid in this:
 Quilt:
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 
-Andrew Morton's patch scripts:
-http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz
-Instead of these scripts, quilt is the recommended patch management
-tool (see above).
-
 
 
 2) Describe your changes.
Documentation/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches +0 -5
index ff6cb5729c..5d6ae639bf 100644
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ dontdiff ファイルには Linux カーネルのビルドプロセスの過程
 Quilt:
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 
-Andrew Morton's patch scripts:
-http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz
-このリンクの先のスクリプトの代わりとして、quilt がパッチマネジメント
-ツールとして推奨されています(上のリンクを見てください)。
-
 2) パッチに対する説明
 
 パッチの中の変更点に対する技術的な詳細について説明してください。
Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches +0 -5
index 788ab47303..1d3a10f874 100644
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ Documentation/SubmittingDrivers 。
 Quilt:
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 
-Andrew Morton 的补丁脚本:
-http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz
-作为这些脚本的替代,quilt 是值得推荐的补丁管理工具(看上面的链接)。
-
 2)描述你的改动。
 描述你的改动包含的技术细节。
 
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