Fixing broken links in doc, part 3: the rest

birkenfeld · birkenfeld · commit 525d355984e1 · 2014-10-29T10:26:56.000+01:00
diff --git a/Doc/install/index.rst b/Doc/install/index.rst
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ section :ref:`inst-config-files`.)
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `C++Builder Compiler <http://www.codegear.com/downloads/free/cppbuilder>`_
+   `C++Builder Compiler <http://www.embarcadero.com/downloads>`_
       Information about the free C++ compiler from Borland, including links to the
       download pages.
 
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ normal libraries do.
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `Building Python modules on MS Windows platform with MinGW <http://www.zope.org/Members/als/tips/win32_mingw_modules>`_
+   `Building Python modules on MS Windows platform with MinGW <http://old.zope.org/Members/als/tips/win32_mingw_modules>`_
       Information about building the required libraries for the MinGW environment.
 
 
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ normal libraries do.
 .. [#] This also means you could replace all existing COFF-libraries with OMF-libraries
    of the same name.
 
-.. [#] Check http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ and http://www.mingw.org/ for more
+.. [#] Check http://www.sourceware.org/cygwin/ and http://www.mingw.org/ for more
    information
 
 .. [#] Then you have no POSIX emulation available, but you also don't need
diff --git a/Doc/installing/index.rst b/Doc/installing/index.rst
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ into an active virtual environment uses the commands shown above.
 .. seealso::
 
     `Python Packaging User Guide: Installing Python Distribution Packages
-    <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/installing.html#installing-python-distributions>`__
+    <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/installing.html#installing-python-distribution-packages>`__
 
 
 How do I ...?
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ User Guide.
 .. seealso::
 
    `Python Packaging User Guide: Setup for Installing Distribution Packages
-   <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/installing.html#setup-for-installing-distributions>`__
+   <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/installing.html#setup-for-installing-distribution-packages>`__
 
 
 .. installing-per-user-installation:
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ A number of scientific Python packages have complex binary dependencies, and
 aren't currently easy to install using ``pip`` directly. At this point in
 time, it will often be easier for users to install these packages by
 `other means
-<https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/platforms.html#installing-scientific-packages>`__
+<https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/science.html>`__
 rather than attempting to install them with ``pip``.
 
 .. seealso::
 
    `Python Packaging User Guide: Installing Scientific Packages
-   <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/platforms.html#installing-scientific-packages>`__
+   <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/science.html>`__
 
 
 ... work with multiple versions of Python installed in parallel?
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ as users are more regularly able to install pre-built extensions rather
 than needing to build them themselves.
 
 Some of the solutions for installing `scientific software
-<https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/platforms.html#installing-scientific-packages>`__
+<https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/science.html>`__
 that is not yet available as pre-built ``wheel`` files may also help with
 obtaining other binary extensions without needing to build them locally.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ The class can be used to simulate nested scopes and is useful in templating.
       writing to any mapping in the chain.
 
     * Django's `Context class
-      <http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/template/context.py>`_
+      <https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/template/context.py>`_
       for templating is a read-only chain of mappings.  It also features
       pushing and popping of contexts similar to the
       :meth:`~collections.ChainMap.new_child` method and the
diff --git a/Doc/library/difflib.rst b/Doc/library/difflib.rst
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ diffs. For comparing directories and files, see also, the :mod:`filecmp` module.
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `Pattern Matching: The Gestalt Approach <http://www.ddj.com/184407970?pgno=5>`_
+   `Pattern Matching: The Gestalt Approach <http://www.drdobbs.com/database/pattern-matching-the-gestalt-approach/184407970>`_
       Discussion of a similar algorithm by John W. Ratcliff and D. E. Metzener. This
-      was published in `Dr. Dobb's Journal <http://www.ddj.com/>`_ in July, 1988.
+      was published in `Dr. Dobb's Journal <http://www.drdobbs.com/>`_ in July, 1988.
 
 
 .. _sequence-matcher:
diff --git a/Doc/library/distribution.rst b/Doc/library/distribution.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Software Packaging and Distribution
 
 These libraries help you with publishing and installing Python software.
 While these modules are designed to work in conjunction with the
-`Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org>`__, they can also be used
+`Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`__, they can also be used
 with a local index server, or without any index server at all.
 
 .. toctree::
diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:
    bypassing the cache, or for rewrapping the function with a different cache.
 
    An `LRU (least recently used) cache
-   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_algorithms#Least_Recently_Used>`_ works
+   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_algorithms#Examples>`_ works
    best when the most recent calls are the best predictors of upcoming calls (for
    example, the most popular articles on a news server tend to change each day).
    The cache's size limit assures that the cache does not grow without bound on
diff --git a/Doc/library/gettext.rst b/Doc/library/gettext.rst
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ translatable.  `Babel <http://babel.pocoo.org/>`__ is a Python
 internationalization library that includes a :file:`pybabel` script to
 extract and compile message catalogs.  François Pinard's program
 called :program:`xpot` does a similar job and is available as part of
-his `po-utils package <http://po-utils.progiciels-bpi.ca/>`__.
+his `po-utils package <https://github.com/pinard/po-utils>`__.
 
 (Python also includes pure-Python versions of these programs, called
 :program:`pygettext.py` and :program:`msgfmt.py`; some Python distributions
diff --git a/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst b/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ The following classes are provided:
       :mod:`http.cookiejar` and :mod:`http.cookies` modules do not depend on each
       other.
 
-   http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html
+   http://curl.haxx.se/rfc/cookie_spec.html
       The specification of the original Netscape cookie protocol.  Though this is
       still the dominant protocol, the 'Netscape cookie protocol' implemented by all
       the major browsers (and :mod:`http.cookiejar`) only bears a passing resemblance to
diff --git a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF.
    `Configuring Netscape Mail on Unix: Why The Content-Length Format is Bad <http://www.jwz.org/doc/content-length.html>`_
       An argument for using the original mbox format rather than a variation.
 
-   `"mbox" is a family of several mutually incompatible mailbox formats <http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/mail-mbox-formats.html>`_
+   `"mbox" is a family of several mutually incompatible mailbox formats <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/mail-mbox-formats.html>`_
       A history of mbox variations.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/msilib.rst b/Doc/library/msilib.rst
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ structures.
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `FCICreateFile <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/devnotes/winprog/fcicreate.asp>`_
-   `UuidCreate <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/rpc/rpc/uuidcreate.asp>`_
-   `UuidToString <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/rpc/rpc/uuidtostring.asp>`_
+   `FCICreateFile <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/devnotes/winprog/fcicreate.asp>`_
+   `UuidCreate <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/rpc/rpc/uuidcreate.asp>`_
+   `UuidToString <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/rpc/rpc/uuidtostring.asp>`_
 
 .. _database-objects:
 
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ Database Objects
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `MSIDatabaseOpenView <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msidatabaseopenview.asp>`_
-   `MSIDatabaseCommit <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msidatabasecommit.asp>`_
-   `MSIGetSummaryInformation <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msigetsummaryinformation.asp>`_
+   `MSIDatabaseOpenView <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msidatabaseopenview.asp>`_
+   `MSIDatabaseCommit <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msidatabasecommit.asp>`_
+   `MSIGetSummaryInformation <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msigetsummaryinformation.asp>`_
 
 .. _view-objects:
 
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ View Objects
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `MsiViewExecute <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewexecute.asp>`_
-   `MSIViewGetColumnInfo <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewgetcolumninfo.asp>`_
-   `MsiViewFetch <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewfetch.asp>`_
-   `MsiViewModify <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewmodify.asp>`_
-   `MsiViewClose <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewclose.asp>`_
+   `MsiViewExecute <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewexecute.asp>`_
+   `MSIViewGetColumnInfo <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewgetcolumninfo.asp>`_
+   `MsiViewFetch <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewfetch.asp>`_
+   `MsiViewModify <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewmodify.asp>`_
+   `MsiViewClose <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msiviewclose.asp>`_
 
 .. _summary-objects:
 
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ Summary Information Objects
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `MsiSummaryInfoGetProperty <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msisummaryinfogetproperty.asp>`_
-   `MsiSummaryInfoGetPropertyCount <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msisummaryinfogetpropertycount.asp>`_
-   `MsiSummaryInfoSetProperty <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msisummaryinfosetproperty.asp>`_
-   `MsiSummaryInfoPersist <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msisummaryinfopersist.asp>`_
+   `MsiSummaryInfoGetProperty <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msisummaryinfogetproperty.asp>`_
+   `MsiSummaryInfoGetPropertyCount <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msisummaryinfogetpropertycount.asp>`_
+   `MsiSummaryInfoSetProperty <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msisummaryinfosetproperty.asp>`_
+   `MsiSummaryInfoPersist <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msisummaryinfopersist.asp>`_
 
 .. _record-objects:
 
@@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ Record Objects
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `MsiRecordGetFieldCount <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordgetfieldcount.asp>`_
-   `MsiRecordSetString <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordsetstring.asp>`_
-   `MsiRecordSetStream <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordsetstream.asp>`_
-   `MsiRecordSetInteger <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordsetinteger.asp>`_
-   `MsiRecordClear <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordclear.asp>`_
+   `MsiRecordGetFieldCount <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordgetfieldcount.asp>`_
+   `MsiRecordSetString <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordsetstring.asp>`_
+   `MsiRecordSetStream <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordsetstream.asp>`_
+   `MsiRecordSetInteger <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordsetinteger.asp>`_
+   `MsiRecordClear <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/msirecordclear.asp>`_
 
 .. _msi-errors:
 
@@ -393,10 +393,10 @@ Directory Objects
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `Directory Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/directory_table.asp>`_
-   `File Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/file_table.asp>`_
-   `Component Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/component_table.asp>`_
-   `FeatureComponents Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/featurecomponents_table.asp>`_
+   `Directory Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/directory_table.asp>`_
+   `File Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/file_table.asp>`_
+   `Component Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/component_table.asp>`_
+   `FeatureComponents Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/featurecomponents_table.asp>`_
 
 .. _features:
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ Features
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `Feature Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/feature_table.asp>`_
+   `Feature Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/feature_table.asp>`_
 
 .. _msi-gui:
 
@@ -516,13 +516,13 @@ for installing Python packages.
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `Dialog Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/dialog_table.asp>`_
-   `Control Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/control_table.asp>`_
-   `Control Types <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/controls.asp>`_
-   `ControlCondition Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/controlcondition_table.asp>`_
-   `ControlEvent Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/controlevent_table.asp>`_
-   `EventMapping Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/eventmapping_table.asp>`_
-   `RadioButton Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/radiobutton_table.asp>`_
+   `Dialog Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/dialog_table.asp>`_
+   `Control Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/control_table.asp>`_
+   `Control Types <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/controls.asp>`_
+   `ControlCondition Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/controlcondition_table.asp>`_
+   `ControlEvent Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/controlevent_table.asp>`_
+   `EventMapping Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/eventmapping_table.asp>`_
+   `RadioButton Table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/radiobutton_table.asp>`_
 
 .. _msi-tables:
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/othergui.rst b/Doc/library/othergui.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ available for Python:
 
    `PyGObject <https://live.gnome.org/PyGObject>`_
       provides introspection bindings for C libraries using
-      `GObject <http://developer.gnome.org/gobject/stable/>`_.  One of
+      `GObject <https://developer.gnome.org/gobject/stable/>`_.  One of
       these libraries is the `GTK+ 3 <http://www.gtk.org/>`_ widget set.
       GTK+ comes with many more widgets than Tkinter provides.  An online
       `Python GTK+ 3 Tutorial <http://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_
diff --git a/Doc/library/plistlib.rst b/Doc/library/plistlib.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ or :class:`datetime.datetime` objects.
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   `PList manual page <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/plist.5.html>`_
+   `PList manual page <https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/plist.5.html>`_
       Apple's documentation of the file format.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/pprint.rst b/Doc/library/pprint.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Example
 -------
 
 To demonstrate several uses of the :func:`pprint` function and its parameters,
-let's fetch information about a project from `PyPI <https://pypi.python.org>`_::
+let's fetch information about a project from `PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_::
 
    >>> import json
    >>> import pprint
diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst
@@ -160,10 +160,7 @@ The module defines the following:
 .. _devpoll-objects:
 
 ``/dev/poll`` Polling Objects
-----------------------------------------------
-
-   http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/using_devpoll.html
-   http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/polling_efficient.html
+-----------------------------
 
 Solaris and derivatives have ``/dev/poll``. While :c:func:`select` is
 O(highest file descriptor) and :c:func:`poll` is O(number of file
diff --git a/Doc/library/statistics.rst b/Doc/library/statistics.rst
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ However, for reading convenience, most of the examples show sorted sequences.
       * Calculating the `median <http://www.ualberta.ca/~opscan/median.html>`_.
 
       * The `SSMEDIAN
-        <https://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/doc/gnumeric-function-SSMEDIAN.shtml>`_
+        <https://help.gnome.org/users/gnumeric/stable/gnumeric.html#gnumeric-function-SSMEDIAN>`_
         function in the Gnome Gnumeric spreadsheet, including `this discussion
         <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnumeric-list/2011-April/msg00018.html>`_.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.mock-examples.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.mock-examples.rst
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ Calls to the date constructor are recorded in the `mock_date` attributes
 
 An alternative way of dealing with mocking dates, or other builtin classes,
 is discussed in `this blog entry
-<http://williamjohnbert.com/2011/07/how-to-unit-testing-in-django-with-mocking-and-patching/>`_.
+<http://www.williamjohnbert.com/2011/07/how-to-unit-testing-in-django-with-mocking-and-patching/>`_.
 
 
 Mocking a Generator Method
@@ -1254,4 +1254,4 @@ As of version 1.5, the Python testing library `PyHamcrest
 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyHamcrest>`_ provides similar functionality,
 that may be useful here, in the form of its equality matcher
 (`hamcrest.library.integration.match_equality
-<http://pythonhosted.org/PyHamcrest/integration.html#hamcrest.library.integration.match_equality>`_).
+<http://pythonhosted.org/PyHamcrest/integration.html#hamcrest.library.integration.match_equality.match_equality>`_).
diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ test runner
    a GUI tool for test discovery and execution.  This is intended largely for ease of use
    for those new to unit testing.  For production environments it is
    recommended that tests be driven by a continuous integration system such as
-   `Buildbot <http://buildbot.net/trac>`_, `Jenkins <http://jenkins-ci.org>`_
+   `Buildbot <http://buildbot.net/>`_, `Jenkins <http://jenkins-ci.org/>`_
    or  `Hudson <http://hudson-ci.org/>`_.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/license.rst b/Doc/license.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ https://www.python.org/psf/) was formed, a non-profit organization created
 specifically to own Python-related Intellectual Property.  Zope Corporation is a
 sponsoring member of the PSF.
 
-All Python releases are Open Source (see http://www.opensource.org/ for the Open
+All Python releases are Open Source (see http://opensource.org/ for the Open
 Source Definition). Historically, most, but not all, Python releases have also
 been GPL-compatible; the table below summarizes the various releases.
 
diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ References
 
 The import machinery has evolved considerably since Python's early days.  The
 original `specification for packages
-<https://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html>`_ is still available to read,
+<http://legacy.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html>`_ is still available to read,
 although some details have changed since the writing of that document.
 
 The original specification for :data:`sys.meta_path` was :pep:`302`, with
diff --git a/Doc/reference/introduction.rst b/Doc/reference/introduction.rst
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ IronPython
    An alternate Python for .NET.  Unlike Python.NET, this is a complete Python
    implementation that generates IL, and compiles Python code directly to .NET
    assemblies.  It was created by Jim Hugunin, the original creator of Jython.  For
-   more information, see `the IronPython website <http://www.ironpython.net/>`_.
+   more information, see `the IronPython website <http://ironpython.net/>`_.
 
 PyPy
    An implementation of Python written completely in Python. It supports several
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/whatnow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/whatnow.rst
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
diff --git a/Doc/using/mac.rst b/Doc/using/mac.rst
diff --git a/Doc/using/unix.rst b/Doc/using/unix.rst
diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
